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Press
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Latest Developments in
Pakistan
The National
Assembly, lower house of Parliament in Pakistan, elected Syed
Yousuf Raza Gilani as the country’s new Prime Minister. Mr.
Gilani secured 264 out of the 309 votes polled in the National
Assembly on March 24, 2008. His opponent Chaudhry Pervaiz
Elahi secured 42 votes.
The newly-elected Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani was
sworn in as 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan today.
President Pervez Musharraf administered the oath to the new
Prime Minister in the Presidency in Islamabad.
Earlier, Dr. Fehmida Mirza was elected as Pakistan’s first
female Speaker of the National Assembly on March 20, 2008. She
won 249 of the 324, votes cast in the National Assembly. A
medical doctor by profession, the newly elected Speaker is a
veteran politician, who has been elected thrice from her
constituency in Badin, Sindh.
28 March 2008
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