During the ongoing PANAMA hearings by the SC,  many a stalwart of the PML (N) leadership has hinted at going to the Awaami Court who they claim had returned MNS with 2/3 majority.  Just to be sure, I dug up some of the old newspapers and found the following:

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Party

Total votes bagged (May 12, 1pm)

PML-N

9,781,703

PTI

3,633,060

PPP

3,381,223

MQM

2,108,360

PML-Q

834,572

PML-F

610,906

JUI-F

278,636

JI

91,668

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The total number of the registered voters for the 2013 election was  86,194,802

 

Thus PML (N) polled  9,781,703  / 86,194,802  X 100 = 11.35 per cent  which is not even simple 51% majority what to talk of 2/3rd majority. It is as simple as that out of 86,194,802 registered voters a very hefty number of  76,413,099 voters did not vote for it.

 

Do they have any moral justification of going to them for the final decision?

 

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)