Who Is Asif Ali Zardari

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  Asif Ali Zardari: 'Artful Dodger' Returns As Pakistan President

  Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, was on Saturday voted president for a second time.

• Tahir-ul-Qadri's India connection: Is he Pakistan's Anna Hazare?

  Mohd Tahir-ul-Qadri, the Canada-based cleric who has put Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari-led government on notice, was in India last year for about a month.

• Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits Malala Yousafzai in hospital

  Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday visited Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who is recovering in a British hospital after she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education.

• At special Diwali dinner for Nitish, Zardari praises Bihar's model of development

  In Pakistan's election year, Nitish Kumar's Bihar model of governance is a hit across the border. After praise from Imran Khan, it has now got a thumbs up from Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari, who hosted the Bihar Chief Minister at a special Diwali dinner last night. Mr Kumar has also shared governance tips with officials in Sindh.

• Sarabjit Singh to submit fresh mercy petition to Pakistan President

  Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who is on a death row for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Pakistani cities in 1990, has signed a fresh mercy petition to be sent to President Asif Ali Zardari.

• Sarabjit Singh to be released from Pakistan prison: Reports

  Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who has been in Pakistani jail for the last 20 years, is likely to be released soon. According to Pak television reports, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has converted Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's death sentence to life imprisonment.

• Who is Raja Pervaiz Ashraf?

  Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was elected the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday.

• Who is Makhdoom Shahabuddin?

  Makhdoom Shahabuddin, age 65, has been selected at Pakistan's new Prime Minister by his party, the ruling Pakistan People's Party or PPP. Mr Shahabuddin was nominated by President Asif Ali Zardari this morning.

• Who is Asif Ali Zardari?

  When wife Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, first spouse Asif Ali Zardari was unfortunately nicknamed "Mr 10 percent" - his detractors accused him of being corrupt and demanding kickbacks on government deals. In 1996, Pakistani courts saw merit in those accusations and Mr Zardari was arrested on corruption charges. He spent eight...

• Rahul Gandhi accepts Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's invite to Pakistan

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is accompanying his father on his trip to India today, met Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi at the lunch hosted at Prime Minister's 7 Race Course Road residence in New Delhi. Sources say Bilawal, 23, was seated next to Rahul, 40, during the lunch.

• Who is Bilawal Bhutto Zardari?

  He is 24 years old, a black belt in Taekwondo, Oxford-educated and the Chairman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is to the manor born. The oldest child of Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto was three months old when his mother first became Prime Minister. He has seen life in political exile; he was 19 years ol...

• Manmohan Singh-Asif Ali Zardari meet: No structured agenda, focus on bilateral ties, say sources

  Focus will be on bilateral issues when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a one-on-one meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is making a three-hour stopover in New Delhi tomorrow before flying to Ajmer to pay obeisance at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, official sources have said.

• Top five highlights of Pak PM Yousuf Raza Gilani's day in court

  Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday gave a brief respite to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani when it adjourned the hearing to February 1. The prime minister, who appeared before the justices, in person, is facing contempt charges for failing to pursue corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

• 60 second phone call that Pakistan is talking about

  The barely minute long phone conversation on December 16 between Pakistan's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and President Asif Ali Zardari, who was then in Dubai, triggered massive speculation here, forcing authorities to clarify that there was nothing to it.

• Zardari calls Manmohan 'father of modern India'

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is the latest addition to the global fan club of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the economist who opened India's economy in the 1990s and struck a landmark nuclear deal with the US. ",You are the leader of modern India,", Zardari, the widower of the slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, told Manmoh...