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Makhdoom Shahabuddin waves to the media after submitting his nomination papers for the prime ministerial post outside the upper house of the parliament, the National Assembly, in Islamabad June 21, 2012. Pakistan's president has nominated ruling party veteran and textiles minister Shahabuddin to replace the ousted prime minister, state media reported on Thursday, in an apparent bid for continuity ahead of elections due early next year. The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office for refusing to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, triggering a new crisis in nuclear-armed Pakistan......Courtesy - REUTERS/Sohail Shahzad (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TEXTILE)
