ISLAMABAD, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday accepted the nomination papers for presidential candidates after scrutiny, receiving no challenge from their rivals.

    The final list of presidential candidates would be issued on Aug. 30, and the presidential election is scheduled on Sept. 6, with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari asa strong competitor for the top post.

    The election is a number game and the PPP has the necessary numbers to win the presidential election, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman told media on Thursday.

    Zardari, widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, will be competing with former Chief Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Mushahid Hussain from Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).

    The PML-N nominated Siddiqui as candidate after its party chief Nawaz Sharif quit the coalition and sat on opposition bench on Monday.

    The electoral college for the presidential election includes the four provincial assemblies, National Assembly and the Senate.