Islamabad: Dr Arifur Rehman Alvi has been elected on Tuesday as the 13th President of Pakistan, according to provisional results.
Dr Alvi contested the presedential election as Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate. He defeated PML-N backed Chief of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Fazlur Rehman and senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan, Dawn reported.
This is unofficial result. Official confirmation is expected tomorrow.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned the three contesting candidates or their agents to the ECP Secretariat tomorrow to witness the tabulation process, after which the official results will be announced and the winner notified.
Of the 430 votes cast in the National Assembly and Senate, PTI's Alvi received 212 votes, JUI-F's Rehman bagged 131 and PPP's Ahsan garnered 81; six votes were rejected.
Of the 61 Balochistan Assembly members, 60 cast their votes, with former CM Nawab Sanaullah Zehri the sole absentee. According to provisional results reported by DawnNewsTV, PTI's Alvi secured 45 votes, while 15 lawmakers voted for Rehman. PPP's Ahsan failed to receive any vote.
In Sindh Assembly, PPP's Ahsan garnered 100 votes, Dr Alvi bagged 56, whereas just a solitary vote was cast in the favour of JUI's Rehman; one vote was wasted.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Dr Alvi received 78 of the total 109 votes, while Rehman and Ahsan had 26 and five votes respectively to their names.
In Punjab Assembly, Dr Alvi secured 186 votes, whereas Rehman and Ahsan received 141 and six votes respectively; 18 votes were rejected.
An active member of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Dr Arifur Rehman Alvi was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan since in August 2018 elections. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Dr Alvi was born on 29 July 1949. His father, Habib ur Rehman Elahi Alvi, was affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
Dr. Alvi received a degree in Bachelor of Dental Surgery from De'Montmorency College of Dentistry. He completed his Masters in prosthodontics from the University of Michigan in 1975. He received Masters degree in orthodontics in 1984 from the University of the Pacific. He has served as the president of the Asia-Pacific Dental Federation and of the Pakistan Dental Association.
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