x months should be interesting as Nawaz asserts himself in the constitutionally strengthened role of prime minister, while Benazir Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan People's Party, keeps the now relatively weakened role of president into the fall of 2013. The presidential transition will occur th

une 19 verdict holding Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt of the court led to his dismissal as Prime Minister and the emptying of the cabinet. President Asif Ali Zardari and the leadership of the Pakistani Peoples Party accepted the court's decision in order to avoid an outbreak of street violence. Raja Pervez Ashra