Prime Minister-to-Be Wins Parliament Seat
Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz was set to become Pakistan’s prime minister next week, after he won a parliamentary seat he needed as a prerequisite to taking the post, officials said.
Aziz, who narrowly escaped assassination when a suicide bomber attacked him on the campaign trail three weeks ago, won two by-elections by huge margins, amid opposition claims of vote rigging.
“I will do whatever is possible to improve the economy and law and order,” he said.
President Pervez Musharraf nominated Aziz after Zafarullah Khan Jamali stepped down in June.
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