Shaukat Aziz

WRAP Vote to confirm premiership; profile of Aziz

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++Video as incoming++ Islamabad, 27 August 2004 1. Newly appointed Pakistani Prime-Minister Shaukat Aziz entering parliament followed by former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali 2. Various of Aziz checking results of the voting 3. Mid shot of parliament 4. Aziz checking results of the voting 5. Pakistani MPs checking results of the vote 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chaudhry Amir Hussain, speaker of the National Assembly: "Mr. Shaukat Aziz has obtained 191votes." 7. Wide pan of MP's stamping their hand on the parliament seats as a sign of approval 8. Aziz listening to the announcement and the cheering on his seat 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chaudhry Amir Hussain, speaker of the National Assembly: "So Javed Hashmi, the contesting candidate has obtained no votes." 10. Mid shot of MPs 11. Mid shot of speaker at podium 12. Various of opposition MPs leaving the parliament hall, protesting against the refusal of temporary freedom for Opposition contender Javed Hashmi 13. Various of Aziz giving his first speech after being appointed by the parliament as Pakistan's new Prime-Minister APTN File Islamabad - January 2004 14. Shaukat Aziz walks into news conference Finance Ministry Islamabad - June 2004 15. Shaukat Aziz with Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein at Hussein's residence Islamabad - 21 July 2004 16. Aziz with Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh 17. Aziz shaking hands with Singh Attock - July 2004 18. Aziz attending election rally STORYLINE Pakistan's parliament elected Shaukat Aziz, former finance minister and close ally of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister on Friday amid an opposition boycott of the vote. Aziz received 191 votes in the 342-seat National Assembly, or lower house. Opposition contender, Javed Hashmi, who is serving a 23-year jail term for attempting to instigate an army rebellion against Musharraf, failed to win any votes. Opposition lawmakers abstained from voting after the house speaker rejected a request for Hashmi to be temporarily freed to attend the election. Aziz replaces caretaker Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, who stepped down this week after only two months in office. Aziz, 55, had been widely expected to win the vote, and is set to take the oath of office on Saturday. Opposition groups have criticised political manoeuvring to get Aziz elected as an affront to democracy, and proof that Musharraf - who took power in a coup in 1999 - is still the sole controlling force in politics. "We will continue to get benefit from his wisdom," Aziz said of Musharraf after winning the vote. He thanked him for giving him the opportunity to serve Pakistan. Some opposition lawmakers wore black armbands and carried portraits of Hashmi and former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif - leaders of opposition parties currently living in exile. Later the lawmakers staged a walkout. Aziz - who survived an assassination attempt on July 30 by suspected Islamic militants on the campaign trail - is credited with managing a recovery in Pakistan's economy as finance minister, after international sanctions were imposed on Islamabad because of its nuclear tests in 1998. The recovery has been aided by an influx of Western aid since Pakistan abandoned its support of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and allied itself with the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The change in prime ministers is not expected to affect key policies like Pakistan's support of the U.S.-led war on terrorism and the peace process with rival India, which are firmly in Musharraf's hands. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/423f670c9dda8d86e5180fa556f905ef Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork