Updated :
Friday June 22 , 2012 10:19:47 AM
President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the National Assembly session today to elect 25th prime minister of Pakistan.
The presidential order summoning the special session at 5.30pm on Friday came a day after a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister and member of the lower house on the ground of an earlier contempt-of-court conviction.
The National Assembly secretariat also issued a schedule for the prime ministerial election, which the Pakistan People’s Party and its coalition allies seem to sure to win against a likely opposition candidate because of their overwhelming majority in the 342-seat house.
An open voting process to be held in National Assembly today to elect the new prime minister from 5.30pm onwards through a parliamentary process of division.
According to sources, Peoples Party and its allies have agreed over the name of Raja Pervez Ashraf as the new prime minister of the country.
Political hobnobbing continued till late night as the leadership of the ruling alliance huddled in the Presidency to discuss the situation. The presidential spokesman said coalition partners announced their support to the PPP nominee.
President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the National Assembly session today to elect 25th prime minister of Pakistan.
The presidential order summoning the special session at 5.30pm on Friday came a day after a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani as prime minister and member of the lower house on the ground of an earlier contempt-of-court conviction.
The National Assembly secretariat also issued a schedule for the prime ministerial election, which the Pakistan People’s Party and its coalition allies seem to sure to win against a likely opposition candidate because of their overwhelming majority in the 342-seat house.
An open voting process to be held in National Assembly today to elect the new prime minister from 5.30pm onwards through a parliamentary process of division.
According to sources, Peoples Party and its allies have agreed over the name of Raja Pervez Ashraf as the new prime minister of the country.
Political hobnobbing continued till late night as the leadership of the ruling alliance huddled in the Presidency to discuss the situation. The presidential spokesman said coalition partners announced their support to the PPP nominee.
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