The New Nation - Internet Edition

PPP vice-chairman Fahim Amin yesterday said the next government would be formed "in a democratic manner".

PPP's central executive committee will discuss the issue of forming a coalition with the PML-N, he told reporters.

Asked about the PPP's differences with PML-N on the issue of reinstating the judges who were dismissed by Musharraf during last year's emergency, Fahim avoided a direct reply.

"Every party has a position on basic issues and we can move forward on them through talks," he said.

On Tuesday, Sharif vowed to work for reinstating the deposed judges but Zardari indicated this issue would have to be addressed by the next parliament.

Amin Fahim who has been tipped as the prime minister of the coalition government of Pakistan wedded Deena Laila, sister of famous Bangladeshi singer Runa Laila in the 60s in Karachi when their family was settled there. Deena Laila later died of cancer.

Fahim's father helped Benazir's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, establish the Pakistan People's Party. Fahim comes from a landowning family in Sindh province, which owes much of its prestige to a claim of descent from a renowned religious leader of Islam's Sufi sect.

Amin Fahim is the Vice-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party and a Parliamentarian 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.

His father Makhdoom Talib-ul-Maula was a prominent religious leader. An agriculturist by profession, Amin Fahim has a BA degree.