The Candidates

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MAKHDOOM AMIN FAHIM

(Sindhi: مخدوم امين فھي&#1605 (Urdu: مخدوم امین فہیم ) is the Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians in the lower house of the Parliament of Pakistan, the National Assembly. He is also Parliamentary Leader of his party in National Assembly of Pakistan. He has also served as Federal Minister in Benazir Bhutto's tenure.

An agriculturist by profession, Makhdoom Amin Fahim has a BA degree in Home Economics. Makhdoom Muhammad Amin Fahim is married and has traveled to Brazil, Chile, Europe, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, U.S.A and the Middle East. [1]

Fahim has been criticized in Pakistan for his contradictory characteristics. He is a feudal landlord and leader of a social democratic party, as well as a Sufi divine (inherited status) and self-admitted alcohol drinker. His political party, the PPP, is self-avowedly liberal, but Fahim's sisters have been forced to "marry the Quran" (instead of non-related men), to prevent the family's massive land holdings from being split up. (Tariq Ali, "Clash of Fundamentalisms, 261) Despite these contradictions, Fahim is affectionately known by his followers as "zalim gandoo chotalund," which is Sindhi for, "he whose presence brings good harvests." (Khan, "A Social History of Sind, 55)

Fahim is potentially a presidential candidate in Pakistan's 2007 elections.

WAJIHUDDIN AHMED

The Honourable Justice (R) Wajihuddin Ahmed (born December 01, 1938) is one of the most respected names of Pakistani judiciary who remained the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court and then a judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He gain more honour and respect when he resigned from the Supreme Court of Pakistan instead of taking oath of the office according to Gen. Pervez Musharraf's Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). He has also been nominated by lawyers community as presidential candidate against Pervez Musharraf in 2007 elections in Pakistan. It is said that he could have become the Chief Justice of Pakistan had he not resigned against PCO.

Education

Justice Wajih matriculated from Karachi's Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, did his BA at Forman Christian College, Lahore and went on to Sindh Muslim College to read law and gain an Honours Degree.

[edit] Career

Son of highly-reputed Chief Justice of High Court of West Pakistan, Justice Waheeduddin Ahmed, justice Wajih enrolled as an advocate of the Sindh High Court and remained Lecturer at the SM Law College for LL. B. and LL. M. classes. He was consecutively elected as president Sindh High Court Bar Association unopposed in 1977 and 1978 and elected President of Karachi Bar association in 1981. Advocate Wajih was appointed Standing Council for Federal Government in1984 and Advocate General Sindh on 19 November 1986 and elevated to the Bench of the SHC as a Judge in 1988. He became the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court from 05-11-1997 to 04-05-1998 and moved to the Supreme Court in 1998. During his tenure as SHC CJ, most sou moto actions were taken. He acted as Returning Officer during 1997 Presidential Elections and now appears as presidential candidate against Musharraf.

[edit] Contribution and activities

He is deeply involved in human rights issues and judicial education, and has spent much of his private time since retirement on dealing with constitutional concerns. He is the most-invited constitutional expert by television channels in Pakistan.

I think these two are the only serious candidates other than Musharraf of course.

 

[Khurram Aslam]

yeah i agree with you...

 

[Neptune]

It's been almost 7 years since that post and this..........//