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  Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto fielded as PM candidate by his party, Asif Zardari as presidential nominee

  World | December 15, 2023 0:03 IST

  Asif Ali Zardari, 68, served as the President of Pakistan after the elections held in 2008 till 2013, while his son Bilawal, 35, served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2022 to August 2023. Pakistan will go to polls on February 8, with Nawaz Sharif returning to the fray.

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  BJP chief names Mamata Banerjee as top PM candidate from Bengal

  India | January 06, 2019 8:39 IST

  "We missed out on Jyoti Basu becoming the prime minister as his party did not allow him to occupy the top post, a Bengali should become the prime minister now," he said.

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  PM nominee before polls may create problems for opposition unity: CPI

  India | December 17, 2018 16:29 IST

  The CPI is not in favour of projecting a prime ministerial candidate of the proposed anti-BJP front before the Lok Sabha polls, a top leader said on Monday, arguing that too many contenders might hurt electoral prospects.

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  BJP rules out Nitish as PM candidate in 2014 polls

  Politics | December 16, 2012 12:26 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 16: BJP national spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday ruled out the possibility of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar becoming NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. "There is