<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari is elected as Pakistan's 14th President on Saturday, becoming the head of state for a second time. Mr. Zardari was the joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while his rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai was the candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council.</span><br />''Mr. Zardari received 255 votes while his opponent got 119 votes in the National Assembly and the Senate.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The new president was elected by the electoral college of the newly elected members of the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies, as per the provisions of the Constitution.</span><br />