ISLAMABAD – Though, it was not made public officially till late on Wednesday night, but highly-placed sources privy to the closed door meetings held at the Presidency have told TheNation that the coalition partners have finalised the name of Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the country’s new prime minister. “The PPP co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari, has asked Makhdoom Shahabuddin to file nomination papers in the National Assembly Secretariat on Thursday (today), while making Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as his cove ...

ISLAMABAD: The PPP’s parliamentary party on Wednesday ended up without deciding who would wear the thorny crown of the prime minister but gave the authority to the party’s Co-Chairman and President Asif Ali Zardari to nominate the PPP candidate for the new leader of the house in the National Assembly and the country’s chief executive.The PPP parliamentary party meeting was held at the Presidency with President Asif Ali Zardari and PPP Senior Vice Chairman Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in the chair.On ...