Even as the counting of votes was ongoing, Nawaz Sharif said the PML-N had emerged as the single-largest party but did not have the majority. He also said that he had told his younger brother and former PM Shehbaz to reach out to the PPP’s Asif Ali Zardari, JUI-F’s Fazlur Rehman, and MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui for the formation of a coalition government