| Follow-up on yesterday's story. |
“Mohammedmian Soomro will take the oath as caretaker prime minister tomorrow,” a senior presidential aide told AFP. “He is the most suitable candidate and has vast experience.”
| Much of it spent looking the other way. |
Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid, a close confidant of Musharraf, earlier said Soomro was the leading candidate for the job. “Soomro is the front-runner and he is likely to be the caretaker prime minister,” Rashid told AFP.
Former banker Soomro was appointed governor of Sindh province in May 2000 and elected as a senator in February 2003, becoming senate chairman the following month, according to his biography on the Pakistan senateÂ’s website. He is head of the Soomro tribe of southern Sindh province and comes from a family with decades of political experience, it said.
“He is known for his strong interpersonal and leadership skills,” the biography says. “He is well acquainted with national and socio-political issues and has vast exposure in political life since his college days.”