Finance chief elected Pakistan PM

Pakistan’s parliament elected Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and close ally of President General Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister today amid an opposition boycott of the vote.

Finance chief elected Pakistan PM
Fri, 27 Aug, 2004 - 16:46

Pakistan’s parliament elected Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and close ally of President General Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister today amid an opposition boycott of the vote.

Aziz received 191 votes in the 342-seat National Assembly, or lower house in Islamabad.

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