AAZardari won 411 votes to the opposition-backed candidate’s 181 votes in the vote, held a month after national elections marred by allegations of fraud, the Election Commission of Pakistan said after counting the votes of members of the national parliament, members of provincial parliaments and senators.
Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lawmakers, backed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), an alliance formed after the February 8 election, voted for AAZardari in this largely representative post. partner
PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister on Monday under the terms of a coalition agreement that was joined by several smaller parties.
AAZardari is expected to be sworn in at a ceremony on Sunday.
AAZardari, 68, was first elected president in 2008 but has been dogged by allegations of bribery and spent more than 11 years in prison, a long time even by Pakistani politicians’ standards.
However, he has a reputation for being able to bounce back from scandals that can end others’ careers.
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2024-04-15 05:29:45