2/3rd Majority
By Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
Westridge, Rawalpindi
During the ongoing Panama hearings in the Supreme Court, many stalwarts of the PML-N hinted at going to the Awami Court that had elected Mian Nawaz Sharif with two-thirds majority. I dug up some of the old newspapers to ascertain this claim and found the following:
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
The total number of registered voters for the 2013 election was86,194,802
Thus, PML-N polled 9,781,703/86,194,802 X 100 = 11.35 per cent which does not make up even a simple 51% majority, what to talk of a 2/3rd majority!Out of 86,194,802 registered voters a very hefty number of 76,413,099 voters did not vote for the PML-N.
Do they have any moral justification formaking the claim about having the support of 2/3rd majority?
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