Former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari says will contest general election
Asif Ali Zardari
Zardari, 62, said that he will contest from his native town Nawabshah
Marking his return to electoral politics after a gap of 24 years, former Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that he would contest for a National Assembly seat in the upcoming general elections.
Zardari, 62, said that he will contest from his native town Nawabshah.
The Pakistan People's Party co-chairman made the announcement during an Iftar party hosted by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at the Chief Minister's House in Karachi
He has been elected as Member of National Assembly from Karachi's area of Lyari in 1990, and from Nawabshah in 1993.
Zardari said he could have chosen Lyari as his electoral constituency but later decided in favour of the constituency from his native town.
He also predicted that no party will hold the majority in the next assembly.
Zardari, husband of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.