Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Complete a 5-Year Term Sunday Sep 8,2013

Pakistan's first elected President Asif Ali Zardari complete a 5-year term on sunday Sep 8,2013 and will be succeeded by Mamnoon Hussain of PML-N who will be sworn in on Monday Sep 9,2013

Asif Ali Zardari, the de facto chief of the Pakistan People’s Party faced a crushing defeat in the May 11 general election but emerged as the second largest party after the ruling PML-N

Outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he is leaving the presidency as a satisfied man after overseeing the first-ever democratic transition of power in Pakistan and relinquishing presidential powers to Parliament.

“Democratic transition to power means strengthening of democracy and I’m confident that Pakistan will be the ultimate winner,” Asif Ali Zardari said while speaking at a farewell dinner he hosted for journalists

Asif Ali Zardari is expected to leave Pakistan after completing his term as President on September 8 due to security threats and fears about the reopening of graft cases

Note
PPP‚ ANP and BNP Awami did not participate in the election in protest against the Supreme Court's decision of advancing the polling date from Aug 6,2013 to July 30,2013