Asif Ali Zardari was sworn in as 14th President of Pakistan on Sunday in an impressive ceremony.
Zardari, 68, took oath for the top job at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath to the new president.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, along with governors, chief ministers, and top diplomats attended the high-profile ceremony.
Asif Ali Zardari, the joint candidate of PML-N and PPP, bagged 411 votes from the Senate, the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies.
His rival Sunni Ittehad Council’s candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai got 181 votes.
علامت وفاق آصف علی زرداری 411 ووٹ لیکر اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان کے 14 ویں صدر منتخب@AAliZardari
#PresidentAAZardari pic.twitter.com/bzXUyTfl5c
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 9, 2024
In the Punjab Assembly, Zardari garnered two hundred and forty-six votes while Achakzai trailed with one hundred votes.
The Sindh Assembly results showed Asif Ali Zardari securing one hundred and fifty-one votes and Mahmood Khan Achakzai nine votes.
In Balochistan Assembly, Asif Ali Zardari got forty-seven votes while his rival could not secure even a single one.
In the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Asif Ali Zardari secured seventeen votes and Mahmood Khan Achakzai clinched ninety-one votes.
اسلام آباد؛ نو منتخب صدر مملکت آصف علی زردای کو مبارکباد دینے کیلئے وزیراعظم پاکستان شہباز شریف کی وفد کے ہمراہ زرداری ہاؤس آمد
اسلام آباد: وزیراعظم شہباز شریف نے صدر پاکستان کو بھاری اکثریت سے کامیابی پرمبارکباد دی
اسلام آباد: صدر مملکت آصف علی زرداری نے وزیراعظم شہباز شریف… pic.twitter.com/cthCfyLPeo
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 9, 2024
Who is Asif Ali Zardari?
Born on July 26, 1955, in Karachi, Asif Ali Zardari is the son of Pakistani politician Hakim Ali Zardari.
Zardari has become the country’s president for the second time. He previously served as the 11th president of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 and has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.
His son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is the chairman of PPP.
Under 18th Amendment, Asif Ali Zardari gave away the presidential powers to strengthen parliamentary democracy and bolstered provincial autonomy, coined political reconciliation, helped policies that encompassed freedom of media, revived Pakistan’s energy sector, and opened Pakistan to foreign direct investment.
Asif Ali Zardari becomes Pakistan president for the 2nd time
