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.
Why do people say give Zardari another chance? Why not give a chance to someone who’s not corrupt at all? like Air Marshal Asghar Khan, or Dr. Qadeer Khan, or Mr. Abdul Sattar Edhi ?
It is apparent that most people are angry that the fate of our Country now lies in the notorious hands of a man commonly known as “Mr. 10%”.
By no standards nor any qualifications can it be legitimate that he should have such a high post in the Country. Read:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0 CE5D91F30F93AA35752C0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewan ted=1
All that one can do for now is hope that the tide will change .. soon and for the better.
I simply don’t understand people who make blank statements like I love Pakistan.
We all know you do and are concerned about Pakistan. Thats why we are on this blog. We all love Pakistan!!! and please spare us your statements and make intelligent coments.
But unfortunately people that are the most concerned about Pakistan have left the country and the uneducated Masses have elected Mr Zardari Bhutto.
Someone tell me why is Zardari Qualified to be a president????
Who is he besides being a widower of a “unqualified hyped daughter” of a good ex-prime Minister ??and why isn’t my Dhohbi Sheeda more qualified than Zardari to be a president??
I can only say “God Bless Pakistan”
Why doesnt he bring back the judges now. All past year ppp and pml have blasted our ears that “judges bahal karo jadges bahal karo”.
What a blundar. Pakistan is gone now with this dude in the seat. Bombs are still exploding and yesterday another bomb exploded. Nothing will change but actually it will get more worse and worse. America is bomb pakistan border now.
Some people here are saying give him a chance. Jub sari zindgi yeh insan theek nahin howa so what makes you guys think he will suddenly over night become morally good person just for the sake of pakistan. He was a corrupt guy from the begining.
I am extreamly sad sad sad and this situation!