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Mamnoon Hussain was sworn in as the 12th president of Pakistan for next five years on Monday at the president house in Islamabad, local media reported.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry administered oath to the new president at a ceremony held in presidency in Islamabad.
The event was attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, members of the federal cabinet, chief ministers of four provinces, former presidents including Asif Ali Zardari, former prime ministers, judges, the Services Chiefs, diplomats and senior officials.
Hussian assumed the office after former president Zardari stepped down on Sunday after completing his five year term as president of the country.
Hussain, a candidate of ruling party PML-N, won the Presidential polls held on July 30 by an electoral college comprising members of the Parliament, the Senate and the four provincial assemblies.
The 73-year-old Hussain, who is the close ally of Nawaz Sharif, defeated Justice (Retd) Wajiuddin Ahmed of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, as the former ruling party PPP boycotted the Presidential elections.
Hussain, a business graduate, born in 1940 in India migrated to Pakistan in 1947 along with his family at the time of partition, Xinhua reported.
He also served as governor of southern province of Sindh from June to October 1999, till he was ousted along with the PML-N government of Nawaz Sharif by the then army chief General Pervez Musharraf.
