Asif Ali Zardari elected as President of Pakistan
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
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Asif Ali Zardari, widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has won the Pakistani Presidential Election. The election was called after resignation of Pervez Musharraf.
He also serves as a co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Zardari, secured 479 votes from the total number of 702 votes of the electoral college consisting of two houses of the parliament and four provincial assemblies. Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, who was fielded by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Group, received 153 votes while Senator Mushahid Hussain, a candidate from the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam Group, got 43 votes.
Meanwhile Siddiqui and Mushahid Hussain have accepted the results and congratulated Zardari for his victory.
Sources
- "Bhutto's widower wins presidency". BBC News Online, September 6, 2008
- "Asif Ali Zardari elected new President of Pakistan". TheNews, September 6, 2008
- "Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election". China Daily, September 6, 2008
- "Pakistan's Zardari prepares for presidency". Agence France-Presse, September 06, 2008
- "Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election". China Daily, September 6, 2008
- "Asif Zardari elected Pakistan's president with thumping majority". Chennaivision, September 06, 2008
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