Nov 7th, 2008 · Pakistan's economy needs help. New President, Asif Ali Zardari, went to Saudi Arabia looking for help with the crisis that is threatening his already deeply unstable nation. Pakistani officials are discussing seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
Sep 6th, 2008 · Just over nine months after his wife, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated in a suicide attack, Asif Ali Zardari has been chosen as the new president of Pakistan. His election Saturday has been received warily by the Pakistani public. It came on a day marred by death and mayhem after a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar killed at least 30 people.
Sep 5th, 2008 · In Pakistan, lawmakers will select the country's next president Saturday. Asif Ali Zardari is the frontrunner to succeed President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under pressure last month. Zardari took over the Pakistan Peoples Party after his wife and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December.
Sep 3rd, 2008 · Asif Ali Zardari spent more than a decade in Pakistani prisons on charges ranging from corruption to murder. Now the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is running for president.
Aug 23rd, 2008 · Asif Ali Zardari succeeded his late wife Benazir Bhutto as the head of the Pakistan People's Party. Now, he's in the running to become Pakistan's president, following the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.