Aziz elected Pak PM amid oppn boycott
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ISLAMABAD: President Musharraf&#39;s loyalist Shaukat Aziz was on Friday elected as Pakistan&#39;s PM in a national assembly vote boycotted by the opposition in protest of the Speaker&#39; decision not to permit their jailed candidate Javed Hashmi to take part in the
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Pakistan's parliament is due to elect ex-finance minister Shaukat Aziz as prime minister in a rubber-stamp vote in the final stages of a two-month transfer of power to President Pervez Musharraf's chosen man.
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PAKISTANâS former finance minister Shaukat Aziz was set to be sworn in as prime minister today, a day after parliament elected him as premier despite an opposition boycott of the vote.
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Pakistan's former finance minister Shaukat Aziz, a key ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was sworn in as prime minister and won a vote of confidence that was boycotted by the opposition.
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Former finance minister and President Pervez Musharraf's key loyalist Shaukat Aziz took the oath of office as the country's new prime minister, one day after his parliamentary election was boycotted by the entire opposition.
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Three weeks after surviving an assassination attempt, Pakistan&#39;s finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, confirmed his place as the country&#39;s next prime minister, after coasting to victory in a byelection.
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Pakistanâs former Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz, a close ally of President General Pervez Musharraf, was sworn in as prime minister today, a day after parliament elected him as premier despite an opposition boycott of the vote.
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Pakistan&#39;s National Assembly elected Shaukat Aziz as the nation&#39;s new prime minister Friday. Aziz won 191 votes to none for rival candidate Javed Hashmi.
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Pakistan&#39;s Parliament has rubber-stamped the President&#39;s choice of Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, despite an opposition boycott and angry protests.
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NEW DELHI, NOV 22: Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who is arriving on Tuesday, will have a packed schedule of meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan&#39;s Parliament elected former Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz as Prime Minister yesterday amid an opposition boycott of the vote.
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Pakistan&#39;s new prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, took his oath of office Saturday, becoming Pakistan&#39;s 21st prime minister in 57 years.
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Pakistan's opposition parties put forward their jailed leader as candidate in a rubber-stamp parliamentary vote for prime minister against the ruling party candidate, ex-finance minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Shaukat Aziz, taking over as Pakistan&#39;s 23rd prime minister on Saturday, is a former private banker credited with infusing new life into an almost bankrupt economy.
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Islamabad, August 26 (NNN) : Pakistan Premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain resigned on Wednesday after a 57-day transitional term, making way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to be elected as his successor on Friday.
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Shaukat Aziz, who was elected Pakistan's 23rd prime minister on Friday, is a former high-flying banker who President Pervez Musharraf plucked from Citibank in New York to become finance minister after his 1999 military coup.
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FATEH JANG, Pakistan  - Pakistan's finance minister took an important step toward becoming the new prime minister by easily winning two byelections that give him a seat in parliament, a prerequisite for the post, state-run television reported Thursday. Opposition groups insisted the vote was rigged.