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Asif Ali Zardari steps down as PPP President

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KARACHI – Asif Ali Zardari resigned as President of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) here on Thursday.

He has informed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) about the decision. It is mandatory for him to resign from this post as he has become the President of Pakistan.

In March, Asif Ali Zardari was elected the 14th president of Pakistan, becoming the only civilian president for the second time.

Zardari, co-chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, was the joint candidate of the ruling coalition of the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

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The 68-year-old politician got 255 votes, while his opponent, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, got 119 votes in the National Assembly and Senate.

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