1.   He added that the only priority was peace, which, he said, only his party could secure.

2.   After the agreement is signed, the parties then must secure international funding for the project.

3.   Five parties secured the threshold needed to enter parliament.

4.   In any event, he said, no outside party can secure a settlement without hard work and good faith by those directly involved.

5.   Most commentators predict no single party will secure a majority and that coalitions will have to be built.

6.   The center-right party had already secured the support of conservative parties well before the elections.

7.   Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday his party would secure a clear majority to form the next Pakistan government after the general election.

8.   His victorious party also secured an absolute majority in the Punjab provincial assembly and was also leading in the North West Frontier Province.

9.   The three parties join a long line of coalition governing in the Netherlands, whose electoral system makes it almost impossible for any party to secure an absolute majority.