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Article: 3rd Ld-Writethru: Gillani elected as Pakistan's prime minister
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- March 24, 2008
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3rd Ld-Writethru: Gillani elected as Pakistan's prime minister
ISLAMABAD, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's former National
Assembly speaker Yousuf Raza Gillani was elected as the new prime
minister of the country on Monday.
Gillani secured 264 votes from the 342-seat parliament, and
Pervaiz Elahi, the candidate from opposition party Pakistan Muslim
League-Quaid (PML-Q), got 42 votes.
The prime minister will be sworn in before President Pervez
Musharraf on Tuesday and the government is expected to be sworn in
later in the week.
"We have paid heavy prices for restoration of democracy," Gillani
said in his first address as prime minister.
"Bhutto's sacrifice has enabled the restoration of ...