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Pakistan premier to be named when parliament meets Monday
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 20 - 03 - 2008


Pakistan's parliament will convene Monday and
the coalition-leading Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will name the new
prime minister, officials said Thursday, according to dpa.
The son of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and future
PPP chairman would announce who would be the next premier when the
parliament convened on Monday, PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bhutto's 19-year-old son appointed titular
PPP chairman, is taking time out from his studies at Oxford
University to visit Pakistan.
"He will announce the prime minister. That will be when the next
session of parliament convenes on Monday," Babar said, declining to
name who it would be.
"I cannot say who the front-runner is, that might be misleading,"
he said.
The PPP had agreed Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman and widower of
Bhutto, would announce the next prime minister, but he decided his
son should do so.
President Pervez Musharraf called the next session to convene at 4
pm Monday, the president's spokesman Rashid Qureshi said.
Qureshi added speculation Musharraf would delay calling that
session was wrong.
Bhutto's PPP finished first, and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
of Nawaz Sharif, also a former premier, finished second in the
February 18 election, while the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid,
Musharraf's political backers, finished a distant third.
The PPP and Sharif's party formed a coalition after ironing out
differences including how to address the issue of restoring senior
judges Musharraf deposed in November.
Restoring the judges has become a central issue for the coalition
signalling a showdown with Musharraf.
Musharraf removed more than 60 senior judges under an emergency
order on November 3. He sacked the judges to prevent the Supreme
Court from disqualifying him for another presidential term.
Once the deposed judges are reinstated, they can revoke the
approval and force Musharraf to leave office. But Musharraf has shown
no signs he will step down willingly.


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