In order to form a stable government at the federal level, the PTI needs all of its National Assembly seats. As such, Khattak could possibly be asked to give up the two seats he won in the KP Assembly and maintain his National Assembly seat. Former speaker of the KP Assembly Asad Qaiser is facing a similar problem. While he won a National Assembly seat and a provincial assembly seat, he too may be asked to give up the latter in favour of the former. The PTI can afford to lose a handful of seats in KP given it attained two-thirds majority in the province.

Source: Pakistan Today July 30, 2018 11:03 UTC