Pakistan Peoples Get together co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on Saturday, changing into the pinnacle of state for a second time.
Zardari, 68, was the joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Get together (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) whereas his rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai, 75, was the candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
He obtained 255 votes whereas his opponent acquired 119 votes within the Nationwide Meeting and the Senate.
The brand new president was elected by the electoral school of the newly elected members of the Nationwide Meeting and the 4 provincial assemblies, as per the provisions of the Structure.
Within the Sindh Meeting, the place Zardari’s PPP is on the helm, he bagged essentially the most votes whereas he additionally swept the Balochistan Meeting votes bagging all votes polled there.
He additionally defeated Achakzai within the Punjab meeting.
Within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa meeting, the place SIC/PTI has the federal government, Achakzai acquired essentially the most votes towards Zardari.
A businessman-turned-politician, Zardari is the husband of slain Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Zardari would substitute the incumbent Dr Arif Alvi, whose five-year time period ended final 12 months. Nonetheless, he has continued for the reason that new electoral school was not but fashioned.
Zardari, who served because the president from 2008 to 2013, may also be the primary civilian to be elected for the second time as president. He’s anticipated to be sworn in on Sunday.
Achakzai is the pinnacle of his Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Get together (PkMAP) and was contesting from the platform of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), which got here to prominence after impartial candidates backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) joined it.
