Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali is likely to be replaced before July 3, the day when President Pervez Musharraf embarks on a tour of Scandinavian nations, according to a media report.

"Efforts are afoot to complete the whole process, including the exit of the incumbent Prime Minister, installation of the new man and a vote of confidence for him from the National Assembly before the President leaves for abroad," local daily 'The News' reported today (Jun 25, 2004).

Some even aggressively argued on the basis of credible information that Jamali would not remain in office by the end of the current month, it said.

The man, who has been widely speculated to replace Jamali, Humayun Akhtar, the incumbent Commerce Minister was tight-lipped, "ensconced" in his Parliamentary chamber, trying to give the impression as if he doesn't know what is about to happen, the daily said.

It quoted an unnamed official as saying that there is an official plane that the National Assembly's Budget session will be prorogued to be summoned in a couple of days again for election of the new Prime Minister and voting out Jamali, if he doesn't resign and give a vote of confidence to the new man.