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Chinese President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as Pakistan President, saying that the “iron-clad” friendship between the two countries is a “choice of history” and the strategic significance of their ties has become more prominent considering the current changes in…
Born in 1955, Mr Zardari was brought up and educated in Karachi Islamabad: Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday took oath as Pakistan’s 14th President, a day after the veteran politician staged a remarkable comeback when he was overwhelmingly elected as the only civilian president of the coup-prone country for a second time. Chief Justice of…
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Imran Khan has called his rivals PML-N and PPP “mandate thieves” (File) Lahore: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party called Saturday’s election of the President of Pakistan “unconstitutional and unacceptable” and urged the people to hold peaceful protests across the country against poll robbery on Sunday. Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the 14th…
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Asif Ali Zardari is expected to take his oath on Sunday. Islamabad, Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan’s slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, was on Saturday voted president for a second time. Initially a background character as Bhutto’s consort, Mr Zardari…
File photo of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari. He was elected as the Pakistan’s 14th President becoming the head of state for second time. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on March 9, becoming the head of state for a second time….
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He also defeated Mahmood Khan Achakzai in the Punjab assembly. Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on Saturday, becoming the head of state for a second time. Zardari, 68, was the joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while his…
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Asif Ali Zardari is frontrunner for Pakistan presidential election that will be hold tomorrow. Islamabad: Asserting that Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected as the next President of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that there will be strong coordination between them, according to ARY News. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former…
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Mahmood Khan Achakzai, center, Pakistan’s newly elected lawmaker from Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party | Photo Credit: AP The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Imran Khan’s party on Saturday named the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari, the joint nominee of the PML-N and the…
The six-party alliance, set to form a coalition government at the Centre under the PML-N Shehbaz Sharif, has already announced Asif Ali Zardari as its consensus candidate for the country’s top constitutional office. File | Photo Credit: PTI Still struggling to address the rigging allegations after general elections in the country, Pakistan is now gearing…
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