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Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former assassinated Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, took oath on Sunday (March 10) as the 14th president of the South Asian country. Zardari, backed by Pakistan Peoples' Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) secured 411 votes against 181 votes secured by Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
Pakistan News: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan condemns the rigging in the February 8 elections and demands the real mandate of the public to be handed over. PTI intensifies its call for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.
Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's party on Wednesday alleged that its "mandate has been stolen in the dark of the night" after major political parties in the country decided to form a coalition government led by PML-N President
Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is the largest recognised party with 80 seats and PPP is second with 54. Together, they have enough for a simple majority in the 264-seat legislature.
Independent candidates, a vast majority of them backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), secured 101 seats in the National Assembly. They were followed by three-time former Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with 75 seats, which technically is the single largest party in Parliament.