The new economy minister, Danilo Astori, is a moderate who backs a prudent fiscal policy and encourages private investment.

ECONOMIST: Walking to the centre at home

Mr Astori has stoutly resisted pressure to add leftists to his economic team and the new president has backed him.

ECONOMIST: Walking to the centre at home

But an interim report from the official post-mortem examination suggested "there were no marks of injury or bruises on the body except the rope marks on the neck, " Dr Sharif Astori, an official spokesperson, said.

BBC: Raja Pervez Ashraf (June 2012)