Mamnoon Hussain is elected 12th president of Pakistan, PPP boycotts the polls

Mamnoon Hussain was born in India claims "The Hindu"

Islamabad : The PML'N' candidate Mr Mamnoon Hussain has been elected the 12th president of Pakistan by Parliament and provincial assemblies.

Pakistan People's Party, which is main opposition party of Pakistan, boycotts the presidential election on timetable issue which, by their view, was illegally set by Supreme court not by Election Commission of Pakistan.

According to official electoral results, Mamnoon Hussain secured 432 votes from Electoral colleges of Parliament, Sindh, Punjab, Pakhtonkhwa, Baluchistan, and Gilgit Biltistan assemblies while his opponent PTI's candidate, Justice (Rtd) Wajihuddin secured 77 votes.

Mamnoon Hussain belongs to coastal city of Karachi, the Indian news paper "The Hindu" headline the story as,  “India-born Mamnoon Hussain elected Pakistan President”

Pakistan's current President Asif Zardari is to leave his post on 8th September by the constitution.

 Chronological list of Pakistan's heads of state with tenures:

1. Iskander Mirza (23 March 1956 to 27 October 1958) 
2. Ayub Khan (27 October 1958 to 25 March 1969) (two terms) 
3. Yahya Khan (25 March 1969 to 20 December 1971) 
4. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (20 December 1971 to 13 August 1973) 
5. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (14 August 1973 to 16 September 1978) 
6. Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (16 September 1978 to 17 August 1988) 
7. Ghulam Ishaq Khan (17 August 1988 to 18 July 1993) 
8. Farooq Leghari (14 November 1993 to 2 December 1997) 
9. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1 January 1998 to 20 June 2001) 
10. Pervez Musharraf (20 June 2001 to 18 August 2008) (two terms) 
11. Asif Ali Zardari (9 September 2008) (Incumbent) (Source : Geo TV)