Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), on Saturday, received majority votes of the electoral college, comprising the parliament and provincial assemblies, paving way for him to assume the office of President of Pakistan, for the historic second time in country’s parliamentary history. The members of the ruling alliance supported the former president and PPP stalwart Asif Ali Zardari against Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who was backed by Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
He will serve the country as the 14th elected President of the country. WHO IS ASIF ALI ZARDARI? Asif Ali Zardari, is the widower of Pakistan’s first female prime minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. Born on July 26, 1955, in Karachi, Asif Ali Zardari is the son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a tribal chief and prominent landowner. Zardari served as the 11th president of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 and was the first politician to complete a full term in office. He has been a member of the national assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Zardari returns to Office of President for second time Since December 27, 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, he had been leading the PPP. His son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is the chairman of PPP. Zardari returns to Office of President for second time Zardari served as a member of the National Assembly from 1990 to 1993 and from 1993 to 1996. After Benazir Bhutto’s return to power in 1993, he served as minister of the environment (1993–96) and federal minister for investment (1995–96) in her government. On January 2008, he was elected as Co-Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party following the assassination of his wife.
