Speaking to the media in Islamabad, PTI leader Latif Khosa said that the election results were “correct” up till the issuance of the Form 45.

“According to the Form 45, 170 of our people are winning. They are not independent because PTI exists as a legal and constitutional party. Calling us independent is wrong and illegal,” he said.

He said that if reserved seats were added to this number, then the PTI would cross the 200 mark in the National Assembly. “The largest political party which emerges in the election is given the right to form the government,” he said.

He also expressed astonishment at reports of a power-sharing formula between the PML-N and the PPP. “What joke is being done with democracy?”

“Who are they — who have been rejected by the people — to divide among themselves […] No Assembly or Parliament can function without Imran Khan. No democracy can function and no government can be formed with Imran Khan. So rid yourself of the misunderstanding that by minusing Imran they will be able to operate a democracy or the government. You will have to bring Imran Khan back.

“And because ours is the largest political party, he will be the prime minister. And no one can stop him,” he said.

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