Islamabad, 22 August (AKI) - The party of slain former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, has chosen her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, as its presidential candidate to succeed former President Pervez Musharraf.

The Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People’s Party nominated the PPP Co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari for the post of president of Pakistan.

Musharraf, the former general who ruled Pakistan since he deposed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a coup in 1999, resigned on Monday to avoid impeachment proceedings.

The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sherry Rehman announced the news of Zardari's candidacy to reporters after the PPP committee meeting on Friday .

She said added that a committee has been set up for restoration of the deposed judges who were sacked by Musharraf during emergency rule last November.