Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday demanded convening of the National Assembly session to elect the next Prime Minister after its victory in the February 18 polls. PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari continued discussions with his party leaders and members from Sindh and Balochistan for government formation.
A PPP spokesman demanded that the session of the National Assembly, lower house of the parliament be convened soon, giving opportunity to the majority party to elect the Prime Minister.
Farhatullah Babar also urged the President to invite majority leader to form government. The coalition government is seen as a threat to President Pervez Musharraf, whose supporters faced defeat in the parliamentary elections. No date has yet been fixed for the National Assembly's first session and the Election Commission has yet to declare official results.
Although there is no formal announcement who will be the next prime minister, but reports said Makhdoom Amin Faheem is likely to be the next prime minister. The PPP's 87 seats in the elections were the highest polled by a single party, giving it about one third of the seats. The PML-N came second, with 67 seats.