Aseefa Bhutto Zardari: Slain former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto’s daughter takes oath as MP

Pakistan’s slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Monday (April 15, 2024) took oath as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA).

Her oath to workplace was administered by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.

The unopposed election of Pakistan People’s Party’s Aseefa Bhutto Zardari from NA-207 of Nawabshah has been challenged within the Sindh High Court (SHC), reported Daily Times.

In the petition within the excessive courtroom, PTI chief Mustafa Rind claimed his nomination papers had been rejected after he was kidnapped.

He pleaded that the notification of Aseefa Bhutto’s uncontested election ought to be declared as void, including that the by election on vacant seats of the National Assembly will likely be held on April 21, the newspaper reported.

The Election Commission of Pakistan on March 29 declared that Aseefa Bhutto has returned unopposed as MNA from NA-207, as the remaining three candidates withdrew the nomination papers.

Which seat did Aseefa win?

Aseefa made her strategy to the National Assembly by successful the Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah) seat.

The seat had fallen vacant after her father, Asif Ali Zardari, was elected as 14th President of Pakistan.

Who was Benazir Bhutto?

Aseefa’s mom, Benazir Bhutto, was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the eleventh and thirteenth prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and once more from 1993 to 1996.

She chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) from the early Eighties till her assassination in 2007.