1. (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With his separate power base in the party, Amin Faheem remains the probable front-runner for the job as Prime Minister, but PPP Co-Chair Asif Zardari sees Faheem as personally weak and politically positioned to rival Zardari. Makhdoom Syed Yousef Raza Gillani, Vice Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, has been proposed as an alternative to Faheem. Gillani is a seasoned politician who descends from a politically and spiritually influential family in southern Punjab's Multan district; he won a National Assembly seat from Multan in the 2008 parliamentary elections. End Summary.