Asif Ali Zardari elected as president of Pakistan for second term

Pakistani legislators on Saturday elected Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of center-left Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), as the country’s 14th president, Anadolu Agency reported.

Zardari, 68, the widower of the two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the candidate of the ruling coalition, is the only politician elected to the country’s highest, yet symbolic, constitutional office for a second term.

He previously served as the president in 2008-2013 during the government of his own party.

Some small political parties, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F) and Jamaat-e-Islami, boycotted the election and no MP from these parties cast their votes.