ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan has contacted theBalochistan Awami Party (BAP) Chief Abdul Qadus Bazenjo to form a coalitiongovernment in Balochistan as it has bagged 13 seats in the 11th GeneralElections with PTI having at least four and independent receiving 5 seats.

According to official results released by the Election Commission ofPakistan (ECP), the BAP, which was launched in March by former chiefminister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, won 13 general seats out of 51.

The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal Pakistan bagged 9 seats, Balochistan NationalParty (BNP) 5, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 4, BNP-Awami 3, HazaraDemocratic Party (HDP) 2, Awami National Party 2, Jamote Qaumi Movement(JQM) 1, Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party 1, Pakistan Muslime League-Nawaz(PML-N) 1 while five independent candidates have bagged victory in theprovince.

The results for four provincial seats are awaited and election in oneconstituency has been postponed.

It is expected that the PTI, which is on the top in National Assemblyseats, would join hands with the BAP for forming the coalition government.

Fawad Chaudhry, a spokesperson of the PTI, talking to a private newschannel on Thursday hinted at sitting on the treasury benches in theBalochistan.