Outgoing President Alvi says was honoured to ‘serve people of Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: Outgoing President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that it had been an honour for him to serve the people of Pakistan.

In his last post as 13th President of Pakistan, he said he did not doubt that a brilliant future awaited the country.

“May Allah forgive me for my shortcomings and reward me for the good deeds I may have done,” wrote Arif Alvi.

The post comes after PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the President of Pakistan, following polling at joint session of the parliament and four provincial assemblies held on Saturday.

Zardari became the only civilian president to be elected for a historic second time after bagging 411 votes from the electoral college, beating PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai.

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Dr Arif Alvi was sworn in as the 13th President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 9th September 2018. He is a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that came into being in 1996.

Alvi remained a member of the PTI’s Central Executive Committee since its inception and has held the offices of PTI President of Sindh (1997-2001), Central Vice President (2001-2006) and Secretary General (2006-2013).

In 2013, Alvi won the first National Assembly seat from Karachi, which he retained in the recent 2018 general election.

LIST OF THE PRESIDENTS OF PAKISTAN

1. Iskander Mirza – 1956 to 1958
2. Gen Ayub Khan – 1962 to 1969
3. Gen Yahya Khan – 1969 to 1971
4. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – 1971 to 1973
5. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry – 1973 to 1978
6. Gen Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq – 1978 to 1988
7. Ghulam Ishaq Khan – 1988 to 1993
8. Farooq Leghari – 1993 to 1997
9. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar – 1998 to 2001
10. Gen Pervez Musharraf – 2007 to 2008
11. Asif Ali Zardari – 2008 to 2013
12. Mamnoon Hussain – 2013 to 2018
13. President Alvi – 2018 to 2024