Islamabad, Sep 8 : Pakistan’s new President elect Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that Parliament is Supreme and that the President is subservient to the upper and lower houses, promising to empower parliament with greater authority.

Asif Ali Zardari said his victory in the recent Presidential election was the victory of democracy, The News reported.

Islamabad, Sep 8: Pakistan’s newly elected Presidents Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif will meet today in Islamabad after 32 days to exchange greetings.

Sharif will go to Islamabad to congratulate President elect Asif Ali Zardari which would be the first meeting between two leaders since August 7, when they had signed an agreement for restoring judges, The News reported.

Zardari has already invited Sharif to attend his oath-taking ceremony.

Islamabad, Sep 8: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will attend the oath-taking ceremony of Pakistan’s president-elect Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday.

“The Pakistani president invited him to take part in the oath-taking ceremony to be held in Islamabad soon”, and Karzai has accepted the invitation, Dawn reported.

According to a statement issued by Karzai’s office, the Afghan President telephoned Zardari to congratulate him on winning the September 6 presidential election.

Islamabad- Pakistan's president-elect Asif Ali Zardari is to be sworn in early next week amid hopes that his rise could bring stability to the crisis-ridden nation, a senior official said Sunday.

"The oath-taking ceremony will take place on Tuesday," Information Minister Sherry Rehman told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Zardari secured 481 of the 702 electoral votes in Saturday's presidential elections, placing him far ahead of his rivals - former Supreme Court chief justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui and veteran politician Mushahid Hussain Sayed, who got 153 and 44 votes, respectively.

Islamabad, Sept. 7: Baloch nationalist leaders and analysts have said that President-elect Asif Ali Zardari would need to galvanise the government into reviewing its policy towards the restive Balochistan province.

Islamabad, Sept. 7 : Foreign and domestic leaders have hailed the election of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, as the president of Pakistan.

Zardari secured 281 of the 426 parliamentary votes and won a thumping majority in three of the four provincial assemblies.

The United States was among the first countries to congratulate Zardari.