Pakistan Elects Asif Ali Zardari President for 2nd Time
ISLAMABAD - Lawmakers in Pakistan elected Asif Ali Zardari the country's new president Saturday, returning him to the largely ceremonial constitutional office for the second time.
The election commission said the 68-year-old widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto secured 411 votes from members of the national and four provincial parliaments. His opponent, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, received 181 votes.<