ISLAMABAD: The PPP in a late Tuesday night meeting at the Presidency approved the name of Makhdoom Shahabuddin for the premiership, Geo News has learnt.
According to a TV report, the PPP allies, in an earlier meeting with President Asif Zardari, empowered him to name the new premier. The president in a later meeting with top PPP leaders, approved Makhdoom’s name. It was learnt that the president explained to the allies that the new man was not from Gujrat as he could not alienate Ch Shujaat Hussain, ruling out the name of Ahmed Mukhtar.