Pakistan deal may thwart Khan loyalists

Pakistan’s two main family-controlled political parties are drawing closer to forming a coalition government that would shut out jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s supporters

Imran Khan
His PTI party was barred from taking part in election, so most of its candidates stood as independents

Nawaz Sharif
Three-time former prime minister leads PML-N. Party in discussion with PPP to form central government

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Head of historically liberal PPP. Son of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEATS BY PARTY*
Independent candidates, mostly supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)   101
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)  75
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) 54
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)  17
All other parties: 17

Majority required to form government: 134 seats

*264 of 266 seats announced (election in one seat postponed, result of another seat withheld)

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