Islamabad: With the defeat of the Musharraf-backed PML-Q in the general elections, his archrivals Bhutto’s PPP and Nawaz Sharif's PML-N face the challenge of forming a government together.
It's a mandate for both the PPP and the PML-N to build a government as the two parties together form sixty per cent of the seats in the Pakistani national assembly.
However, it is a mandate that also forces together two parties that have been arch rivals for more than two decades.
"The people have given their verdict. Musharraf never understood this decision of the people. He closed his eyes and he used to say: 'I will go when the public wants me to go.' Now the public has voiced what it wants,” says former Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif.
However, can these two once bitter archrivals now run a government in tandem? The answer will come from their ability to resolve several contentious issues, such as decisions on the choice of candidate, restoring the Judiciary, dealing with Musharraf and the PML-Q.
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