There are rumors that President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari is going to announce his daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari as the First Lady of the country.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi confirmed the matter on Monday (March 11), Pakistani media Geo News reported.
Aseefa Bhutto will get all the protocol and government privileges of the First Lady after being officially announced as the First Lady.
If Asif Ali Zardari does indeed name his daughter as the First Lady, Pakistan will break with tradition and enter a new era. Usually the wife of the president is the First Lady.
But after Zardari's wife Benazir Bhutto was shot dead by an assassin in 2007, he did not marry again. Therefore, it is assumed that daughter Aseefa will be the First Lady.
However, former military ruler Field Marshal Ayub Khan declared his daughter Nasim Aurangzeb as the First Lady after becoming President in 1958.
There are many instances in different countries of the world where their daughters, sisters and even nieces have been declared as their first lady after the president has fallen victim.
More about Aseefa Bhutto Zardari
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the youngest child of Asif Ali Zardari-Benazir Bhutto couple, was born in February 1993. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is his elder brother and Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari is his elder sister.
Aseefa Bhutto Zardari studied at Oxford Brookes University, University College London and Edinburgh University. She formally entered politics in 2020 by participating in a rally of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
31-year-old Aseefa Bhutto Zardari also works as Pakistan's ambassador for polio eradication. She has a presence on social media X and Facebook. She is often seen making political comments on social media.
Pakistan's general assembly elections were held on February 8. Before this election, Aseefa was seen leading from the front in various rallies and election campaigns for her brother Bilawal Bhutto.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was sworn in as the 14th President of Pakistan last Sunday. The vote for the post of President of Pakistan was held on Saturday.
Asif Ali Zardari got 411 votes. His rival, PKMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai got only 181 votes. Then the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared Asif Ali Zardari the winner.
He became the president of Pakistan for the second time. Before that, Zardari served as the President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
At that time the post of First Lady of Pakistan was vacant. Now the name of Aseefa Bhutto is being heard very loudly in that post.
