Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, was chosen to serve as Pakistan’s president for a second term on Saturday, the day of the joint session of the parliament and four provincial assemblies.
A major political event occurred at the combined parliament session, which was chaired by Chief Justice Amir Farooq of the Islamabad High Court, when Zardari was elected to a second term in the nation’s highest position. The election served as the capstone of an extensive democratic process that included voting in the National Assembly, Senate, and local legislatures.
Asif Ali Zardari’s polling agent was Senator Sherry Rehman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, while Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council, which is mostly made up of members from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was Senator Shafique Tareen.
Combining the results of the Senate and National Assembly, Zardari received 255 votes against Achakzai’s 119.
Achakzai earned 91 votes in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, whereas Zardari garnered just 17.
Zardari received 246 votes in the Punjab Assembly, whereas Achakzai received 100 votes.
Zardari received 151 votes in the Sindh Assembly as opposed to Achakzai’s 9 votes.
It is noteworthy that Achakzai did not obtain a single vote from the province, although Zardari garnered 47 votes from the Balochistan Assembly.
The candidate supported by the PTI received 181 Electoral College votes, while the candidate of the ruling coalition received 411 votes, according to a notice released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after the results.
Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the presidential candidate for the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), requested that the polls be postponed earlier in the day, but the ECP denied his request. Achakzai had not objected during the nomination document filing and scrutiny process, the ECP explained in a written answer. It was decided that the Electoral College was up and running to move on with the polls.
The event happened the day after Asif Ali Zardari’s presidential nomination was supported by the ruling coalition, which included the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) among its supporters. This demonstration of support revealed a wider political agreement on Zardari’s leadership inside the ruling coalition.
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