Current Affairs - Persons - Discussion

Arif Alvi is elected as the President of Pakistan. He is a close ally of Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of the founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. The 69-year-old former dentist defeated Pakistan Peoples (PPP) Party's Aitzaz Ahsan and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) Maulana Fazlur Rehman to become the 13th President. Arif Alvi will take the oath of the office on September 9 as the outgoing President Mamnoon Hussain's five-year tenure ends on September 8. Dr.Alvi served as the Secretary-general of PTI party from 2006 to 2013. In 2013 he was elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency of Karachi and was re-elected in July 2018.