Pakistan’s former premier Nawaz Sharif said his party will begin coalition talks with allies as results from the country’s disputed national elections continue to trickle in.
"I invite all the allies to come and join us to pull Pakistan out of the current economic mess," Sharif said on Friday, addressing his supporters in the eastern city of Lahore.
He said interlocutors from his party will start meetings with former president Asif Ali Zardari and other small ethnic and Islamic parties to form a government.
“God willing, we will turn the lights on in Pakistan again (and) change the nation's destiny,” Sharif vowed.
“We are the single largest party both at the centre and in the province of Punjab.”
Sharif said he wants to have cordial relations with the entire world especially Pakistan's neighbours.
