ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its allies won a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) distributed reserved seats among ruling partners that were denied to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
To achieve a two-thirds majority in the 336-member National Assembly, any government must have the support of 224 legislators.
The Shehbaz Shairif-led coalition government, which includes the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), MQM-Pakistan (MQM-P), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Zia (PML-Z), Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), and National Party (NP), currently has 230 members in the lower house.
