New Delhi: Last month, Pakistan held basic elections amidst weeks of political turmoil. Eventually, Shahbaz Sharif emerged because the agreed-upon Prime Minister. On March 9, Asif Ali Zardari from the Pakistan People’s Party was elected because the 14th President of Pakistan. He took his oath on Sunday.
However, the highlight has turned to the place of First Lady. In many international locations worldwide, it is customary for the President’s spouse to be known as the First Lady. This custom has been upheld all through Pakistan’s historical past, however President Asif Ali Zardari is breaking from it this time. According to experiences in Pakistani media, the First Lady of Pakistan might be Asifa Bhutto, the daughter of President Asif Ali Zardari.
In at this time’s DNA, Zee News anchor Sourabh Raaj Jain analysed Pakistan’s politics and its new President Asif Ali Zardari’s weird deliberate transfer to declare his youthful daughter Asifa Ali Bhutto because the First Lady as an alternative of his spouse.
Asifa Bhutto was born on February 3, 1993, in Pakistan. She is the youngest daughter of Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto. Asifa Bhutto stepped into the political area three years in the past in 2021, organizing quite a few rallies.
While Asifa Bhutto Zardari is a well-recognized identify to the Pakistani folks, her designation because the First Lady has stirred some unease amongst them. The cause lies prior to now: Asif Ali Zardari, now elected President for the second time, beforehand held workplace from 2008 to 2013, throughout which there was no First Lady.
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This absence was as a result of tragic occasion of December 27, 2007, when Asif Ali Zardari’s spouse, Begum Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated throughout a rally. This time round, as an alternative of his spouse, Zardari has indicated his intention to confer the standing of First Lady upon his youthful daughter. However, no official announcement has been made but. Upon its affirmation, Asifa Ali Bhutto might be entitled to all of the privileges accorded to the First Lady of Pakistan.
Traditionally, solely the President’s spouse held the place of First Lady in Pakistan. Zardari’s choice to bestow this title upon Asifa Bhutto marks a departure from this long-standing custom, consolidating his household’s prominence.
Currently, Asif Ali Zardari’s household contains 4 members: himself, now serving because the 14th President of Pakistan, and his spouse, Bakhtawar Bhutto, who resides in London together with her husband. Their youthful daughter, Asifa Bhutto, has been designated because the First Lady by Asif Ali Zardari.
Some in Pakistan see echoes of her mom, Benazir Bhutto, in Asifa Bhutto. Asifa’s speeches have garnered important reward, prompting hypothesis that Asif Ali Zardari intends to introduce her into formal politics. Media experiences recommend that Asifa Bhutto could also be nominated to contest the Shahdkot seat in an upcoming by-election.
