Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali ZardariSindhi: آصف علي زرداري); born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician and current co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 July 1955
CountryPakistan
prison time
I have done prison time for 13 years without any conviction.
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Nobody will be allowed to use Pakistan soil for any form of aggression toward any friend or foe.
aspire economic peace promote strategic understanding
On the international political landscape, there is better understanding of Pakistan's political economic and strategic issues. We aspire to promote peace and harmony with the region.
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I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.
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When my party won the elections convincingly on February 18th, 2008, we immediately reached out to other parties to form broad-based coalitions of national unity in the National Assembly and in the four provincial assemblies.
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Not all political actors share our vision of fighting terrorism, lessening tensions in the region and focusing on building the economy. It is natural that they would challenge the government, but we have fought every challenge effectively. The daily ups and down of democracy should not be interpreted as lack of stability.
party thinking vacuums
I still don't think like that. Because of Benazir, nobody else [in her party] was thinking about leadership. This position comes about only because of the vacuum that was created with her death.
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I've always maintained terrorism passes through Pakistan, it doesn't evolve in Pakistan.
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I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever.
issues political democracy
Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.
responsibility soil
Anybody from my soil is my responsibility.
book government actors
Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government.
records behinds
One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.
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What can I do if everyone from the president to a junior bureaucrat is dying to convict me. If I am such a criminal, what was I doing outside jail before my marriage to Benazir?