Zardari won't contest for another presidential term

June 02, 2013 13:32

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari wil not be contesting elections for another term after his current five-year term expires in September.

Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party was defeated during the elections in the May general elections, and hence the party is not in a position to have its candidate for the office of president elected, reports The Nation.

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