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| Pakistan's PPP to nominate PM candidate |
| 2008-03-06 |
| (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is expected to announce its candidate for post of the Prime Minister after a meeting of Parliamentary Party on Thursday, the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported Wednesday. All the newly-elected members of the National Assembly including those elected on the reserved seats for women and minorities and the independent members of National Assembly who have joined the PPP would attend the meeting convened by the co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, said the report. The APP quoted sources as saying that the senior PPP Vice Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim was likely to be nominated as the party's candidate for PM in the meeting. "Most of the party members and leaders during the deliberation process have supported Makhdoom Amin Fahim," the sources said. . The PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar had also said on Monday that Makhdoom Amin Fahim was still the front runner for the slot of prime minister but a decision would be made by the party's Central Executive Committee. Zardari has also held final meetings with senior party colleagues till late Wednesday night. Amin Fahim was the parliamentary leader of PPP's parliamentarians and was also fielded as presidential candidate in October last year. |
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