Pakistan's ruling party names new PM nominee
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Pakistan's ruling party named a new candidate for prime minister Friday, the latest developments in political turmoil triggered by the ouster of the ex-premier by the Supreme Court.
The party also said early parliament elections would be held later this year. The announcement of the elections and of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as premier-designate followed a week of turbulence that pitted the high court against the country's government in a high-stakes battle for power in this nuclear-armed country considered crucial to the US' war in Afghanistan. (AP)
