Asif Ali Zardari becomes the President of Pakistan today after winning the presidential election. He secured 479 votes out of 702. His opponents, Retired Chief Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui received 153 elctoral votes and Senator Mushahid Hussein received 43. Asif’s victory in three provinces is overwhelming, especially in Sindh where his opposing candidates couldn’t get a single vote. Only in Punjab Assembly Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqi is able to get more votes than Asif.
The vote by the two houses of parliament and four provincial assemblies forms the 1,170-member, but 702-vote, electoral college. According to a Dawn update:
‘Asif Ali Zardari secured 281 votes out of the 426 valid votes polled in the parliament,’ chief election commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq said. He has secured 458 out of 702 electoral college votes, according to partial Election Commission results.
Asif Zardari is the 13th President of Pakistan. The ones who have been President before him include: Iskandar Mirza, Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Zia-ul-Haq, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Waseem Sajjad, Farooq Laghari, Waseem Sajjad, Rafiq Tarar and Pervaiz Musharraf. Waseem Sajjad has twice been the President of Pakistan.
Syed Saleem Shahzad is Asia Times Online’s
“With his fingers firmly on the levers of power, and with strong American backing, Zardari will lead Pakistan into a new and potentially extremely bloody chapter of which the US special forces’ raids into the country are just the beginning. “
@ meengla,
I agree these corrupt Pakistani leaders should setup a fund for children in Pakistan. Let Zardari be the first to donate $1 Billion into this fund. Let Zardari be the first to set this example for all the scoundrels that have looted Pakistan. He is after all the president!
Do not hold your breath though, Zardari will be last to help anyone, other than himself.
@ aydee,
They got duped by gang of looters.
Yeah right, “democracy is the best revenge”! What a joke!
DEMOCRACY IS THE BEST REVENGE!!
but what did we “awaam” do?
Wow! Mr. 10% is finally Mr.100% –
From a Dictator to a Dakoo
Simply Amazing…