Islamabad With Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s pact being final the decks are clear for PPP top leader Asif Ali Zardari to become the Pakistan’s next president, a second term for him after his party agreed to ally with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to form a government at the Centre, according to media reports here.
“If the situation remains unchanged, the country will see the PML-N’s prime minister and the PPP’s president,” The News International reported on Wednesday, quoting sources amid talks of a quid pro quo arrangement between the PML-N and PPP.
PTI to remain out of pawer
The coming together of these two parties meant that the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) would not be able to assume power despite the independent candidates it backed winning the maximum number of seats in the National Assembly.
PPP president Zardari, 68, served as the President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.The current Pakistan President Arif Alvi is scheduled to relinquish his post later this month.