PML-N, PPP make gains in Punjab

LAHORE - The question that crops up after the resounding success of Asif Zardari in the presidential election and which the political circles will be asked to talk about in coming days is whether the Sharifs will feel comfortable to live with the strength they gained in the Punjab Assembly at the end of the day.

The PML-N’s presidential candidate Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui got 201 vote, which is a tally bigger than its original strength of 171 and 186 a number which is required to maintain a simple majority in the provincial assembly entitling the PML-N to run its government in the Punjab without the support of PPP.