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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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan&#39;s Prime Minister-designate Shaukat Aziz won by-elections in two constituencies of the National Assembly, parliament&#39;s lower house, making him eligible to take office as head of government next week, his party said.
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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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Pakistani Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Wednesday announced his resignation to pave the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz,the prime minister-designate.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s new Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will be sworn in on Saturday, a day after he was elected by parliament during a session boycotted by the entire opposition.
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The way was clear for Pakistan's Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to become prime minister after unofficial results showed he had secured a seat in parliament's lower house by winning two by-elections.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 29 (PID) - Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz arrived at the Prime Minister&#39;s House on Saturday after swearing in as the country&#39;s Premier on Saturday morning.
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Pakistan's parliament elected former finance minister Shaukat Aziz, a close ally of President Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister yesterday after the opposition boycotted the vote, saying it was undemocratic. Aziz, 55, worked 30 years as a Citibank executive before becoming finance minister when Musharraf took power in a bloodless military coup in 1999. Suave, articulate, and media-savvy, Aziz is credited ...
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Former finance minister Shaukat Aziz has been elected as Pakistan&#39;s prime minister in a rubber-stamp parliamentary vote boycotted by the entire 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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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.
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Pakistan&#39;s opposition parties have nominated a jailed leader to stand against Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz in Friday&#39;s vote for a new prime minister.
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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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Pakistani Finance Minister Shaukat  Aziz easily won a seat in parliament, clearing the way for him  to take over as prime minister next week, officials said on  Thursday.
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The ruling party claimed victory Wednesday in special elections designed to clear the path for Pakistan's finance minister to be elevated to prime minister. The opposition said the vote was rigged.
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ISLAMABAD: Opposition groups on Saturday boycotted the parliament session, convened for the vote of confidence of the new Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Pakistan&#39;s caretaker prime minister has stepped down, clearing the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz to take control of the country&#39;s Parliament.