Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan's 14thPresident

Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan's 14thPresident

Asif Ali Zardari takes oath as Pakistan's 14th President,becoming the joint candidate of the ruling alliance. He secures411 electoral votes with the backing of PML-N and MQM-P.Zardari previously served as the 11th president and is amember of the National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday took oath asPakistan's 14th President, a day after the veteranpolitician was overwhelmingly elected as the next head ofstate. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administeredthe oath to the 68-year-old Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr, thePresidential Palace.Zardari will replace Dr Arif Alvi, who stayed in office forfive more months despite completing his five-year term inSeptember 2023.

The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, all three service chiefs, senior officials and diplomats. Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman, the joint candidate of the ruling alliance, was elected as the country's president for the second time on Saturday after he defeated PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai by a huge margin.

He secured 411 electoral votes in Parliament and all four provincial assemblies with the backing of allied parties - mainly Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). His rival, Achakzai bagged 181 votes as he was only able to secure the majority of votes in the PTI-backed SIC-dominated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. This is the second time Zardari has won the presidency. He earlier 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. Born in 1955, Zardari was brought up and educated in Karachi. He was married to Pakistan's former primeminister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, Benazir Bhutto,who was assassinated in December 2007.

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