Asif Zardari for PM./Zardari; PM in three months...!?(Merged)

There are speculations that Asif Zardari may become PM in 4 months time after he wins his seat from Larkana.

What are your thoughts if he becomes the PM of Pakistan.

I believe it will be great news for Pakistan. Pakistan will go from Strength to Strength under Asif Zardari’s leadership.

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Doesn't the election commission has to approve him before he can run for any seat...provincial or national?

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Yes, just like Musharraf!

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Yeah right.

His bank account will become more prosperous.

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I beleive he has already denied that he will run for PM (i personally think - he has an "understanding" with the gov't regarding that)

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Doesn't matter is he does or not, an accountable leader is much better than the dictator

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Exactly at those occasions US should consider missile attack.

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lol.

larkana main in ke seats pakki hain...it is there jadi mushti goat

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Lo ji kar lo gal.

The article below suggests that Zarari is indeed getting ready for the PM role.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=38824

Amin Fahim not consensus candidate for premiership Updated at: 2200 PST,

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates_pics/2-29-2008_38824_l.gif

Pakistan People’s party (PPP) did not announce their parliamentary leaders in the centre and the provinces and the name for the Prime Minister office slot could not be agreed upon.

However, the sources said that the newly elected MNA from Gujrat Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar would be made the premier for 120 days.

Talking to Geo News, the sources said Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar would stay as a premier for four months; in the meantime, Asif Ali Zardari will ascend to the premiership after being elected from Larkana seat.

It should be mentioned that PPP Co-Chairman has already announced not to become the Prime Minister.

For the office of Prime Minister, various names including Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Makhdoom Amin Fahim, shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar are being taken.

As there is no clear-cut party announcement in this regard, people have this general impression that there are severe differences in the party for premiership.

Asif Ali Zardari is said to be busy with consultations over parliamentary affairs. Talking to Geo News, some party leaders said Asif Zardari would soon announce the names of parliamentary leaders.

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hahahaha
its "pusthi"

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Prime Minister Zardari. It sounds strange..hmmm!

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Biggest Joke. Oh' i guess he is serious.

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^ is an army-man accountable leader/person?

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Is a convict , an accountable leader/person?

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who is responsible for letting out a convict? trying blackmailing a convict (:cb: )? bargaining with criminals? :hmmm:

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The nation of Pakistan , who was again black mailed , may be an emotional set back to vote for him/his party:rotfl:

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I think after Aitezaz Ahsan, Zardari is the best choice for PM position. The way he is dealing as PPP head and his balanced views on crucial issues, deserve him that position. I think he will be very much successful as PM in national government cosists of PPP, PML (N), ANP and MMA.

http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/01/top3.htm

Race on as Fahim’s star sinks

By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: The Pakistan People’s Party, the largest party in the newly elected National Assembly, is still undecided about its candidate for the office of the prime minister and sources attributed the delay to co-chairman Asif Zardari’s reluctance to nominate Makhdoom Amin Fahim for the post.

The sources said some PPP leaders, considered to be close confidants of Mr Zardari, were deliberately spreading confusion over the issue of premiership by presenting different names as probable candidates.

They said that almost all the party leaders in Sindh and a number of MNAs-elect from Punjab were backing Mr Fahim while some were lobbying for Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani and Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar – all from Punjab.

The issue was complicated further as Mr Zardari allowed the guessing game to go on without even taking his close aides into confidence on merits or demerits of each of the probables.

According to a reliable source, except for Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, the other three probables for the prime minister’s office were at the Zardari House till late Friday night.

Some PPP leaders believe that Mr Zardari is reluctant to nominate Mr Fahim because he (Mr Zardari) himself was a contender for the office.

“It is natural. It will be difficult for Mr Zardari to ask a person like Mr Fahim to relinquish the office of the prime minister for him after three months or so,” said a senior party leader when asked about reasons for the delay in naming the party’s candidate.

He confirmed that some “Zardari friends” had launched a “whispering campaign” within the party to highlight alleged weak points of Mr Fahim. “There is a campaign going on within the party to malign Mr Fahim and some senior leaders are also involved in it,” he added.

He said the “Zardari friends” were telling others that Mr Fahim was close to some people in the establishment and he had been engaged in negotiations with them over the past six years. The PPP leader, who did not want to be named, said he had even been told by one of the campaigners that President Musharraf had asked Mr Zardari to appoint Mr Fahim as prime minister and the PPP co-chairman did not want to see a Musharraf’s man as prime minister.

On Friday, Mr Fahim met US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson at the residence of PPP Senator Enver Baig and some party leaders alleged that the meeting had taken place without the knowledge of Mr Zardari.

However, Mr Baig told Dawn that the meeting had been held at the request of the US ambassador and Mr Zardari was fully aware of it. He said as the PPP was a government-in-waiting, the US and other countries wanted to know about its future policies.

PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar, however, denied that there was any rift or division in the party over the issue of premiership and said that an announcement in this respect would be made in a couple of days to end such speculations.

He said all members of the PPP’s central executive committee and parliamentary group had been alerted for a possible meeting in the next few days to designate their parliamentary leader.

**MEETINGS: **National Party chief Abdul Hayee Baloch and former minister Jahangir Khan Tareen separately called on Mr Zardari on Friday and discussed possibilities of cooperation in the future set-up.

Mr Tareen had refused PML-Q’s ticket and contested the elections from the PML-F platform.

Akram Durrani and Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal held talks with a PPP team led by Raza Rabbani at the Parliament House. The meeting was the follow-up of talks held on Thursday between top leadership of the two parties.

EU Ambassadors Johannes De Kok and Ambassador of Japan

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thts paki politics for you
a person who spent the better part of last couple of years behind bars on charges of corruption, which are still not resolved
now is the apple (or replace with the fruit / vegetable of your choice) of the eyes of everyone and even brags about being the PM of the very Islamic Republic of Pakistan :k:

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The result of taking hostage the nation and claiming to do “accountability” and eliminating corruption of which 0% was achieved in 8 years :hehe:

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That KK chore o chaka will be the pm...what is th world coming too