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/ 29 June 2004

Caretaker Pakistan prime minister selected

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, the head of Pakistan’s ruling party and a loyal ally of the nation’s military ruler, was elected caretaker prime minister in a rubber-stamp vote in Parliament on Tuesday. Hussain is expected to stay in office only for a matter of weeks, until respected Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz assumes the premiership.