Pakistani Judge Orders Arrest of Prime Minister Candidate
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Pakistani lawmakers are set today to vote in a successor to ousted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as the ruling coalition scrambles to settle on a suitable candidate for the job.
President Asif Ali Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party nominated Makhdoom Shahabuddin as its candidate yesterday just before a judge ordered his arrest as part of a drugs probe, fueling reports he may be pulled from the race. Raja Parvez Ashraf and Qamar Zaman Kaira, both former ministers of Gilani’s cabinet, are the party’s other candidates.