PML-N's presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain is garlanded upon his arrival at MQM headquarters 90. He won the presidential election on Tuesday. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD NOMAN/EXPRESS/FILE
In a statement released by the PTI Central office, Imran said that the President is the head of the state and a symbol of federation and that the PTI hopes the new elected President would perform his constitutional duties without being beholden to any party affiliation.
According to the initial vote count, PML-N’s candidate Mamnoon Hussain has been elected as Pakistan’s 12th president, comfortably securing the majority vote in the presidential election.
"We hope that Mamnoon Hussain will rise above party affiliation to perform his constitutional duties," the statement read.
Earlier, Imran lamented that the presidential elections had already become controversial. “We could have registered our protest by boycotting it; but then we could not hope to stop the government from getting their candidate elected. So we decided not to leave the field open for them.”
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It will be nice to have a President who, for a change, can actually remember the name of the University he graduated from...
@Someone No, this is not the case. One must develop the ability to acknowledge the facts with a clear heart (& mind) and develop sportsman spirit to congratulate the winner!
this news is false because Imran Khan did not congratulated Mamnoon Hussain as president and there is no press release or any statement issued by PTI Officially.
The world is going to congratulate us for as good as new president. Thank you world, we are excited too..... Pakistan steel, Pakistan Railway, PIA, Pakistan electricity, law and order, Corruption, visits to 90 and so on. Our old politicians accomplishments.....
@A Pakistani: We all know where you studied now.
Pakistan is becoming a hopeless place day by day. Where are the results of Polls that the media ran and public voted?
Half congratulations for half a President = Congratules
I miss Zardari already, sort of.
Congratules?
The whole county congratulates Mr Mamnoon Hussain, the democratically elected middle-class President having Business Administration degree from one of the most prestigious academic institutions of Pakistan.
after ishq e mamnoon, now its hussain mamnoon :)