New Delhi: Final month, Pakistan held common elections amidst weeks of political turmoil. Finally, Shahbaz Sharif emerged because the agreed-upon Prime Minister. On March 9, Asif Ali Zardari from the Pakistan Folks’s Get together was elected because the 14th President of Pakistan. He took his oath on Sunday.
Nevertheless, the highlight has turned to the place of First Girl. In lots of nations worldwide, it is customary for the President’s spouse to be known as the First Girl. This custom has been upheld all through Pakistan’s historical past, however President Asif Ali Zardari is breaking from it this time. In keeping with experiences in Pakistani media, the First Girl of Pakistan might be Asifa Bhutto, the daughter of President Asif Ali Zardari.
In in the present day’s DNA, Zee Information 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 Girl 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.
Whereas Asifa Bhutto Zardari is a well-known identify to the Pakistani folks, her designation because the First Girl has stirred some unease amongst them. The rationale lies up 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 Girl.
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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 Girl upon his youthful daughter. Nevertheless, 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 Girl of Pakistan.
Historically, solely the President’s spouse held the place of First Girl 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.
At present, 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 along with her husband. Their youthful daughter, Asifa Bhutto, has been designated because the First Girl 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.
