Former Pakistani speaker Gilani nominated for PM

ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Reuters) - The party of assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto nominated on Saturday former National Assembly speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani as its candidate for prime minister, a party spokesman said.

President Pervez Musharraf has asked the National Assembly to reconvene on Monday to elect the prime minister and Gilani, a vice chairman of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, is all but guaranteed to win the vote with the support of his party and its coalition allies. (Editing by Robert Birsel)