Zardari is elected Pakistan's president
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial politician with little experience in governing, was elected president of Pakistan on Saturday.
Results from voting in the two houses of Parliament, and three of four provincial assemblies, showed that Zardari had easily prevailed over his closest competitor.
The results were announced by the chief election commissioner, Qazi Mohammed Farooq. The votes from a fourth provincial assembly remained to be counted.
Zardari, 53, who spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that were not proven, succeeds Pervez Musharraf, who resigned as president last month under the threat of impeachment.
The elevation of Zardari to the presidency, where he will have great powers, including the ability to dissolve Parliament and name the head of the Pakistani Army, comes with the tacit approval of the United States.
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