Pak lawmakers vote for President
Pakistani lawmakers on Saturday voted in the presidential poll expected to be swept by the ruling PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari.
By PTI |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawmakers on Saturday voted in the presidential poll expected to be swept by the ruling PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari.
52-year-old Zardari is engaged in a three-corner fight with PML-N candidate Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui and opposition PML-Q leader Mushahid Hussain Sayed.
He is expected to win easily despite the PML-N's decision last month to pull out of the ruling coalition as the PPP co-Chairman has the backing of several smaller parties and independent lawmakers.
Chief Election Commission Qazi Muhammad Farooq supervised the polling in a joint sitting of the 100-member Senate and the 342-strong National Assembly, the two houses of Parliament.
52-year-old Zardari is engaged in a three-corner fight with PML-N candidate Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui and opposition PML-Q leader Mushahid Hussain Sayed.
He is expected to win easily despite the PML-N's decision last month to pull out of the ruling coalition as the PPP co-Chairman has the backing of several smaller parties and independent lawmakers.
Chief Election Commission Qazi Muhammad Farooq supervised the polling in a joint sitting of the 100-member Senate and the 342-strong National Assembly, the two houses of Parliament.
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