| Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif have claimed that they have two-thirds majority in the National Assembly and that President Pervez Musharraf should invite them to form a government immediately.
The demand incidentally comes after speculation of a deal between President Musharraf and Zardari grew stronger on Wednesday.
As per constitutional experts though, they are still eight per cent short of numbers required in order to impeach Musharraf.
There are rumours that Zardari and Musharraf have an understanding after the Supreme Court dismissed three petitions challenging the amnesty given to Zardari under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO); the ordinance was promulgated by Musharraf to absolve Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari of all corruption charges.
But the petitioners including Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shahbaz Sharif failed to pursue the case. Shahbaz Sharif’s turnaround comes a day after the PML-N agreed to support the PPP government from outside.
In return for the amnesty, the PPP leaders had agreed not to boycott the presidential poll, giving credibility to Musharraf’s re-election.
The PPP has however denied any deal with Musharraf.
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