Bilawal, Fahim in cat and mouse game

Bilawal, Fahim in cat and mouse game
The News
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reached Islamabad Thursday evening to make final announcement of party candidate for the Prime Minister while Makhdoom Amin Fahim flew to Karachi.
As Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reached Islamabad, Makhdoom Amin Fahim flew to Karachi, which made it clear that meeting between Bilawal Bhutto and Makhdoom Amin Fahim was not expected. Sources indicated that the final announcement of the party candidate would be announced by Saturday or Sunday. Just after reaching Islamabad, he held meeting with top leadership of the party to finalize the candidate for Prime Minister.
Sources hinted that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari would hold a formal meeting with the parliamentarians of the party today (Friday) to seek their point of view on the question of party candidature for the Prime Minister.
As there were four candidates still in the race including Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar but sources said that the real contestants of the race were Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani and Makhdoom Amin Fahim.
Sources in the PPP led quadrangular alliance told The News that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari also sought the suggestions from PML-N, ANP and JUI-F about the party nominee and most of them favoured Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani as a best choice.
However, hopes of Makhdoom Amin Fahim was being diminished with the election of Dr Fahmida Mirza, who also hails from Sindh. Besides this, Makhdoom Amin Fahim also gets a poor response from within the party. Meanwhile, Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will accelerate the final round of discussions with the top leadership of the party to decide the final candidate.