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.
How can people dance and show happiness ? They should support Asif Ali Zardari with questions of future. Attaa , Electricity , terrorism , economy should show on the faces of supporters.
As a nation we must stand behind our new president Asif Ali Zardari and we must give him the opertunity to prove himself. No matter what party we are belong to. For the interest of Pakistan we must unite. No more dirty politics and revanges. Pakistan first.
Let the looting begin!
This election is a joke on the Pakistani people by the people of Pakistan. They used to call Zardari a crook, now they have elected Zardari as President.
This is proof that democracy does not work in Pakistan due to the foolish and emotional masses.
The representatives who people voted for have overwhelmingly voted for him as President. You may not like the choice, but if you don