Zardaris supersede Sharifs with most legislators

The family of president Asif Ali Zardari has surpassed Nawaz Sharif’s family in Pakistan legislation assemblies after Aseefa Bhutto Zardari won the by-election on NA-207 unopposed.

She was elected from the Shaheed Benazirabad (former Nawabshah-I) constituency, Election Commission of Pakistan said in a notification.

It is noteworthy to mention here that 11 candidates, including Aseef, had filed their nomination papers to contest the by-poll. The seat was vacated by President Zardari who assumed office after being jointly nominated by the ruling coalition.

With her in the office, Zardari family has broken the record of the Sharif family as its now comprises the most number of members from the same family in the country’s parliamentary history.

Now Zardari himself is the country’s president, his daughter Aseefa, son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and brother-in-law Munawar Ali Talpur are MNAs. His both sisters Faryal Talpur and Azra Pechuho are members of the provincial assembly in Sindh.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s elder brother Mian Nawaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz Sharif have been elected MNAs, while his niece Maryam Nawaz Sharif is the chief minister of Punjab.