Unlikely contenders emerge as PPP undecided on PM
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—Majority of Central Executive Council members of Pakistan People’s Party have proposed the name of Ch Ahmed Mukhtar as the future prime minister of the country.
Talking to newsmen said, neither a final decision has yet been taken nor the party has made any announcement about this, howerer, a decision will soon be taken in this regard.
The party CEC has discussed that the future prime minister should be from Punjab. The names of Yusuf Raza Gilani and Shah Mahmood Qureshi were also discussed.
Ch Ahmed Mukhtar who hails from Gujrat had defeated PML (Q) President Ch Shujaat Hussain from his home constituency NA-105 by a considerable margin.
Meanwhile it is learnt that name of Makhdoom Amin Faheem is no further being considered for the office of the prime minister by the party.
Information Secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman on Friday revealed that no name for the slot of Premiership have been finalized sofar, adding that, the Prime Minister can be appointed from any province not only from Sindh.
Talking to newsmen she said, the name of candidate for the slot of premiership would be announced within two days.
All the decision are being taken in the party followed by detail consultation, she said, added, PPP is symbol of federation. Information Secretary PPP Sherry Rehman said that Party would take all decision in supreme national interest. The Party, she said, is mulling several names including Amin Fahim for slot of Premiership while final decision would be taken within two days.
It is not vital the next prime minister would belong from Sindh while it can be from other province, she concluded.
A central leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said that nomination of candidate for the post of prime minister would be finalized by the party leadership.
Talking to media outside Zardari House on Friday, Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said his name was also part of the media speculation about nomination of premiership candidate.
“I neither endorse the speculation nor reject it,” he said in reply to a question. “Well the names of Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Yousuf Raza Gillani are also being talked about on the media” he added.
He replied “No” when asked whether the party leadership had given him a hint about possibility of giving him the responsibility.
Ahmed Mukhtar also replied in the negative to another query whether he had been asked to stay in Islamabad.