Islamabad, Mar 25: Newly appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will take oath of office and secrecy at the Presidency in Islamabad today.

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London, Mar 25 : Congratulating new Pakistani Premier Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on his assumption of office, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday offered his “full support” to him.

Gilani was sworn in earlier in the day by President Pervez Musharraf.

“I congratulate him and look forward to working closely with him on our shared agenda,” Brown said in a statement released by his Downing Street office.

Lahore, Mar 15: Amid tussle within the PPP over who should be nominated for the post of prime minister, close aides to party’s de facto chairman Asif Ali Zardari have reportedly said that he was thinking of nominating his sister Dr Azra Fazal Pechooho as the interim premier.

Quoting the close aides, a BBC report said that as Zardari is not a member of the National Assembly, he could not become premier himself.

In such a situation, he might nominate his sister as a temporary prime minister, said the Daily Times while quoting the BBC report.