PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has ruled out talks with both the PML-N and the PPP for forming the next federal government.

Talking on Dawn News show Doosra Rukh, he said: “We don’t feel comfortable with both of them [for talks]. There will be no talk with anyone to make a government or to make a government together with them. It is better to sit in the opposition than to make a government [with them] but we think we have the majority.”

He reiterated that the party would form the opposition if its mandate was not accepted.

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