Islamabad, Oct 31: Former premier Benazir Bhutto today nominated Mukhdoom Amin Fahim to head PPPP in Parliament and asked the party to strive to form a coalition government that would reject the constitutional amendments brought in by the military regime, even as she accused President Pervez Musharraf of making "botched" attempts to split her party. All attempts by the military regime to split Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) after the October 10 polls have failed, Bhutto, who is in self exile, told a gathering of the party's newly elected parliamentarians over phone. Asserting that the party has remained steadfast and united, Bhutto, who held several rounds of the talks with officials of the bush administration during the last few days in Washington, said the party would not support the Legal Framework Order (LFO), which incorporated the constitutional amendments brought in by Musharraf. Bhutto also nominated Fahim, who was accused of hobnobbing with the military ruler, to head the party in parliament.
Three PPPP members of the national assembly reportedly failed to attend the party's meeting today.

Bureau Report