<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari has been elected as Pakistan's 14th President, becoming the head of state for a second time.</span><br />''<br />''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.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Zardari received 255 votes while his opponent got 119 votes in the National Assembly and the Senate.</span>