Asif Ali Zardari to be new Pakistan president, says Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Asif Ali Zardari is set to be the next president of the country. Speaking at a function in Islamabad last night, he said that all allies of the ruling coalition have agreed to support Zardari in the presidential election scheduled for tomorrow. Mr. Zardari is the co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.