The National Assembly Secretariat has released the latest party positions, according to which the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has effectively ceased to exist.
Once a dominant force in the National Assembly, all 80 of the PTI's members are now recognized as part of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
Following is the updated party distribution:
- The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leads with 110 seats
- The Sunni Ittehad Council includes 80 former PTI members, emerging as a significant player in the new alignment
- The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has 69 seats
- The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan holds 22 seats
- The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) has five members
- The newly formed Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) is represented by four members
- The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) retains its presence with eight members
- There are eight PTI-supported independent members also
Other parties in the assembly include the Balochistan Awami Party, the National Party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Zia, the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP Mengal), and Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM), each with one representative.
Notably, an independent member from the opposition benches has joined the PML-N.
