Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday mentioned that Asif Ali Zardari can be elected as the subsequent president of Pakistan, asserting that the 2 could have a “strong coordination” to strengthen the ailing financial system of the nation. Addressing a dinner hosted in honour of leaders of allied events, Sharif mentioned that each one the coalition companions would forged a vote for Zardari within the presidential election on March 9, reported native information media.

“The coalition government secured two-thirds of the votes in the recent general elections and it would be reflected during the presidential election,” he mentioned.

Zardari, as a joint candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), is contesting the presidential election in opposition to Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) chief Mahmood Achakzai – a candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council. Reportedly, Zardari has submitted two nomination papers for the election, one in Islamabad and the opposite one in Karachi.

Who is Asif Ali Zardari?

1. Born on July 26, 1955, in Karachi, Asif Ali Zardari is the son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a tribal chief and outstanding landowner. Zardari served because the eleventh president of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He has been a member of the nationwide meeting of Pakistan since August 2018.
2. Zardari rose to fame after his marriage to the late twice-elected prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in 1987. However, when Bhutto’s authorities was dismissed by the then-Pakistani president Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990, Zardari was extensively criticised for being concerned in corruption scandals.
3. When Bhutto was re-elected as PM in 1993, Zardari was serving because the federal funding minister and chairperson of the Pakistan environmental safety council.
4. In 1996, Zardari was arrested for his spouse’s brother Murtaza’s homicide. He was additionally indicted for corruption fees. Zardari was launched from jail in 2004 when he went into self-exile to Dubai, nevertheless, returned to Pakistan when Bhutto was assassinated in 2007.
5. Following his return to the nation, Zardari led his PPP celebration to victory within the 2008 normal election. Notably, he spearheaded a coalition that compelled navy ruler Pervez Musharraf to resign. Zardari was additionally acquitted of a number of felony fees the identical yr.