Pakistan PM-Designate Who Escaped Bomb Faces Vote
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Pakistan's prime minister-designate  Shaukat Aziz bids to seal his place in parliament on Wednesday,  less than three weeks after surviving an assassination attempt  blamed on Islamic militants.
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The assassination of Pakistan's most charismatic politician plunges the country's election campaign into uncertainty. Will the nuclear armed nation slide deeper into instability?
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Shaukat Aziz, the man chosen by President Pervez Musharraf to be Pakistan's next prime minister, was heading for victory in by-elections here, paving the way for him to take office next week.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was wounded in a gun and suicide bomb attack after an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi, a party security official and police said.
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The Pakistani president's choice of prime minister goes into a double by-election he must win to take office.
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Pakistan&#39;s parliament is to elect a new prime minister today in a vote expected to be won easily by military-backed former finance minister Shaukat Aziz.
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The assassination of the former prime minister raises questions about the Musharraf government's security measures.
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Pakistan was set to announce on Wednesday whether next week's election will be delayed after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage against President Pervez Musharraf's government.
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Key figures in Pakistan's parliamentary elections who could emerge as candidates for prime minister.
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The governor of an important and volatile southern province in Afghanistan escaped an apparent assassination attempt Monday after a bomb exploded by his vehicle convoy, officials said.
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As Pakistan heads for the polls, a posthumously published memoir by the ex-Prime minister challenges Islamic extremism
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 28 (PNS) - Shaukat Aziz has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday. He got one hundred and ninety-one votes in a special session of the National Assembly held
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An Islamic militant involved in an  assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf a year ago  has escaped from custody, triggering a nationwide hunt,  Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Tuesday.
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MULTAN, Pakistan  - The strength of a sympathy vote for assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in the country's biggest province is likely to determine the result of a general election on February 18.
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A bomb attack outside a Pakistani election candidate's office killed at least 21 people on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for a general election meant to complete a transition to civilian rule.
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Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January poll, with up to a two-month delay widely expected in a country plunged into crisis by opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
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Description: Shaukat Aziz was chosen as Pakistan&#39;s 23rd prime minister on Friday after getting 191 votes in the 342-seat National Assembly.