Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate and President Asif Ali Zardari’s youngest daughter Aseefa Bhutto has been elected unopposed on the NA-207 Shaheed Benazirabad (former Nawabshah) 1 constituency.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified the election of Aseefa as National Assembly lawmaker without any contest.
It is noteworthy to mention here that 11 candidates, including Aseefa, had filed their nomination papers to contest the by-poll on the aforementioned seat vacated by Zardari who became president of Pakistan after being jointly nominated by the ruling coalition.
Three candidates withdrew their nomination papers, whereas, seven nominations were rejected, as per the top electoral authority.
Earlier, Aseefa has been declared the country’s First Lady after Zardari sworn in as country’s 14th head of state a day after he swept the presidential election after obtaining 411 electoral votes on March 9.
