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Zardari Elected Pakistan President
James Joyner | September 06, 2008Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has been elected as Pakistan's new president. CNN reports that "The election was not by public vote, but rather by lawmakers in the two houses of the National Assembly and in the four provincial assemblies around the country." Pakistan's PTV reports that Zardari received 281 votes, retired Chief Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui received 111, and Senator Mushahid Hussein received 34.
Reuters notes that, "The presidency caps a remarkable transformation for Zardari, who spent 11 years in prison on charges of corruption and murder, although he denied all accusations and was never convicted."
