Pakistan’s former PM says he will seek coalition government after trailing rival

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that he will see a coalition government after trailing behind independet candidates supported by Imran Khan (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that he will seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed the independent candidates of his rival Imran Khan in preliminary results following the country’s parliamentary election.

Mr Sharif told reporters he was sending his younger brother, former premier Shehbaz Sharif, to meet the leaders of other parties to join the coalition.