5 Potential Successors to President Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf resigned Monday after nine years in power amid impeachment threats from Pakistan's ruling coalition. In the wake of Islamist violence that flared up after the resignation, the coalition met Tuesday to discuss Musharraf's successor and other post-Musharraf resignation issues. Here are five potential successors to the president:
1. Asif Ali Zardari—Party supporters say Zardari, slain Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's widower who now leads the Pakistan Peoples Party, would like the post.
2. Mahmood Khan Achakzai—The Pashtun leader is a committed nationalist and democrat who comes from the small southwestern Baluchistan province.
3. Aftab Shaban Mirani—A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, he served as Sindh chief minister and federal defense minister during Bhutto's first and second terms.
4. Fehmida Mirza—She was recently elected as the first female speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
5. Faryal Talpur—Talpur, Zardari's sister, participated in the 2007 presidential election as a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
Sources: Associated Press, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Reader Comments
lost memory
pakistanis are the people with a very short memory,they have accepted zardazi as thier new icon,,and will soon call army to save them
Wakeup Pakistan
First of all why will anybody think of choosing Zardari who has been forefront of every political trickery and confusion. If he has any mercy for left in hist heart for Pakistan, then only and I say only he can do it throught disappearing from political scene.
Like they say here in America... " You are no Kennedy". I can say to him " You are no Bhutto"
Non-Controversial
Pakistan needs someone who won't create controversy. Sadly, Asif Ali Zardari will. With Dr. Fehmida Mirza, they get someone with virtually no enemies and support across all parties.
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