Pakistan s ex-PM Nawaz Sharif declares victory in national elections

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
as the largest in the vote and will discuss forming a coalition government.Sharif did not disclose how many seats his party had won and
counting was still underway in the last few of the 265 seats that went to the polls.The latest count published by the election panel showed
his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) winning 42 seats, much below the 133 mark needed to stake claim to form a government.Sharif said
his party alone does not have the seats needed but his deputies will meet leaders of other parties later in the day, including former
president Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan Peoples Party, to discuss forming a coalition government.Source: Reuters-Agencies