ISLAMABAD: A day after being elected to the office of President of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday tendered his resignation from the membership of the National Assembly.

Mr Alvi sent his resignation to the NA secretariat, ARY News reported, citing sources.

He had won the constituency NA-247 (Karachi, South-2) in the July 25 elections with 91,020 votes defeating Syed Ali Zaman Jafferi of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan who could garner only 24,680 votes.