PPP accepts Pakistan election results
14 May 2013 5:41 AM GMT
Pakistan’s outgoing ruling party, which faced defeat in the 11 May elections, Monday announced that it accepts polls results despite ‘serious reservations’.
Pakistan Peoples Party was placed third with 30 seats in term of securing National Assembly seats announced so far. The party could not secure any seat in two of the four provinces and bagged most of seats in southern Sindh province.
‘Although the party has serious reservations about the fairness of the polls it has accepted the results in the larger interest of political stability, democracy and the welfare of the people of Pakistan,’ said Makhdoom Amin Faheem, the party’s president, in a statement, reported Xinhua.
The PPP’s main rival, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly.
Pakistan Peoples Party was placed third with 30 seats in term of securing National Assembly seats announced so far. The party could not secure any seat in two of the four provinces and bagged most of seats in southern Sindh province.
‘Although the party has serious reservations about the fairness of the polls it has accepted the results in the larger interest of political stability, democracy and the welfare of the people of Pakistan,’ said Makhdoom Amin Faheem, the party’s president, in a statement, reported Xinhua.
The PPP’s main rival, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly.
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