Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar during an interview with the TRT World.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar during an interview with the TRT World.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said that he is unsure which party will secure the “magic number of 169” seats required to form the next government.

In an interview with TRT World, the premier uncertainty regarding which party will ultimately be responsible for forming the new government.

“Pakistan is a transitional democracy and I think so this time it has proven to be a brave democracy considering the security challenges we were facing as a society,” he told the interviewer.

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