ISLAMABAD -- Veteran politician Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was voted the country's president on Saturday, the culmination of an election season marred by allegations of rigging against the allies of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The vote for the largely ceremonial presidency came about a month after Pakistan's Feb. 8 polls and a week after lawmakers elected Shehbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as prime minister for the second time. The National Assembly, Senate and the four provincial assemblies form the electoral college for the presidential voting held every five years.
