Zardari

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, said he hoped Zardari's tenure would return the presidency to its impartial role.

In an interview with US TV network CBS, President Asif Zardari said the Taleban had established a presence across "huge parts" of Pakistan.

Mr. Zardari's spokesman denied the allegations and said the asset list was inaccurate and fabricated to victimize Mr. Zardari.

Mr. Zardari promised to return to China every three months and said the relationship would focus on business.

Zardari, who is often accused of being too pro-American, met with Clinton today but did not appear with her in public.

After years of conflict between the judiciary and Mr Zardari's party, the courts seem determined to unseat the president.

But with the PPP as the unrivalled leader of this government, Mr Zardari might consider it a safer option nonetheless.

Many Pakistanis living in Britain agree that Mr. Zardari's overseas trip at a time of an acute humanitarian crisis at home is ill timed.

In fact Pakistan's new president, Asif Zardari, has been going out of his way-and courting controversy at home-to placate India.

"He (Zardari) made a blunder, he shouldn't have come here especially in a time of crisis when his people are suffering, " Dar said.

In a BBC interview, Mr Zardari said the cabinet was directing relief efforts, and he was being kept up to date about the situation.

President Asif Zardari is in Beijing at the beginning of a week long visit.

Mr Zardari insisted this week that the "victory" of his reconciliatory approach to politics was that "no one wants an undemocratic act" now.

Chinese analysts are also cautious on how much Mr Zardari can expect in financial support.

Indeed Mr. Zardari, who inherited the PPP from his wife and vast , powers from his predecessor, Pervez Musharraf, had a painful 2009.

He said he has more confidence in Mr. Zardari than in the previous Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf.

Zardari said Pakistan is ready to maintain high-level exchanges and enhance political dialogue with China.

With a puppet prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, from his Pakistan People's Party, Mr Zardari is poised to lord it over Pakistan.

But Mr. Zardari wants the ex-president to leave Pakistan, rather than loom over the new government.

However, just as the state does not control all the country, nor does Mr Zardari control all the state.

Never convicted of corruption, Mr Zardari nevertheless spent eight years in prison. His wife was murdered last December.

The new ruling shows that President Zardari's government has lost any support it might once have had among the judiciary.

But after meeting with President Zardari Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron had nothing but warm words.

President Zardari used the beginning of a new parliamentary year to offer an olive branch to the opposition.

During Mr. Zardari's visit to China, State Councilor Dai Bingguo had a meeting with him.

They also authorized Zardari to nominate a candidate if he was not willing to run for the slot of president.

He added that Zardari is not under the same threat as his wife and that the government could not give him the same amount of security.

To critics, Mr. Zardari's personal history makes him ill-equipped to pull the country together in a time of crisis.

Its precarious stability will be jeopardised further if Mr Zardari proves to be right and the war against the Taliban is being lost.

"[Mr Zardari] will not be sent home empty-handed, " he said.

Zardari told reporters in Islamabad that the parties plan to restore parliament powers that had been weakened under President Musharraf.

Zardari said the two countries are all-weather close friends.

It could be the sort of help Mr Zardari cannot refuse.

Zardari's trip this week, though, is a sign of the many poles springing up in the multi-polar 21st century.

people of Pakistan were unable to digest as he is the same Zardari who had to remain in jail for many years on the charges of corruption.

Mr. Bin Laden focused entirely on Pakistan, claiming President Asif Ali Zardari was paid by the White House to start the crackdown.

Mr Zardari 's reputation, fairly or not, is that of a "Mr 10%" .

Some suggest that it has even helped to orchestrate some of the anger directed at Mr Zardari.

Mr. Zardari's spokesman denied the allegations and said they were fabricated to victimize him. Mr.

Last week, President Asif Zardari returned from China with pledges to help construct two nuclear power plants - but no direct aid.

Bhutto was assassinated, Mr Zardari became president, and Pakistan lives on with a weak civilian government and growing corruption.

Mr Zardari angered the army when, at America's urging, he tried to tame its influential Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI.

Similarly Mr Zardari, who has been hoping for an official trip to Washington, may have to stay at home.

Mr Zardari is to be applauded for making President Hamid Karzai the guest of honour at his inauguration.

Ban Ki-moon and President Zardari flew by helicopter over four districts of Punjab, the province known as this country's bread basket.

Clinton spoke Wednesday at the State Department, in a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

Yet in at least two ways, apparently at Mr Zardari's behest, the government has sacrificed fiscal responsibility for political advantage.

It was largely in an effort to woo him back that Mr Zardari agreed to Mr Sharif's other main demand: to impeach Mr Musharraf.

Mr. Zardari would be a controversial candidate given the corruption charges he faced in the past, although he denies any wrongdoing.

And now, Zardari is preparing for his own friendly visit to Washington later this spring.

When he arrives in Beijing today, however, Mr Zardari is assured of a warm welcome.

Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president, last week travelled to China in large part to seek up to $1. 5bn in help towards a bail-out package.

The court's lengthy arguments pave the way for challenges to Mr Zardari's right to sit in parliament.

At one time, there was a media speculation that due to the fear of overturn of rule, President Zardari has gone underground.

And Mr Zardari, as a conciliatory gesture, offered to send the head of the ISI, Lieut-General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, to Delhi.

So any official Pakistani involvement would suggest that Mr Zardari and his government are not in control.

He's the widower of former premier Benazir Bhutto. Asif Ali Zardari won in a landslide election in the federal and provincial assemblies.

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Pakistan after receiving medical treatment in Dubai, officials say.

Opposition leaders Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari are due to begin putting together a coalition government in Islamabad later today.

In late 2009 Mr. Zardari denounced the Af-Pak conceit, saying Pakistan could not be compared with its wild neighbor.

In brief remarks to news media at the prime minister's house, Zardari paid tribute to his deceased wife and her father.

Asif Ali Zardari is the widower of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated at a campaign rally last December.

Following Zardari's election victory, he tried to reassure his critics.

A degree of judicial activism is needed if Mr Zardari's government is not to enjoy an easy ride.

Its manifesto committed it to repealing discriminatory laws, and President Zardari made much of Ms Bibi's case.

A few hours earlier Asif Zardari, Pakistan's new president, made his first speech to parliament.

An increasing number of people are questioning the sincerity of an already unpopular leader, Asif Ali Zardari.

A court in Pakistan dropped corruption charges against Asif Zardari, widower of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister.

But Mr. Zardari also pushed for greater access to European markets, saying that what he wanted was trade, not aid.

Mr Zardari may not enjoy being the butt of jokes every night but it certainly beats having angry protesters on the streets of Islamabad.

Asif Zardari, the president, had been hoping to go to Washington this month and craves a visit to Pakistan by Mr Obama.

THREE clouds hovered over Asif Zardari as he was sworn in on September 9th as Pakistan's president.

Biden made his comments Wednesday in Islamabad following talks with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousef Gilani.

Similar devices may be used when the court starts hearing civil petitions to unseat Mr Zardari for "moral turpitude" .

Zardari said the party would take part in the election as his assassinated wife would have wanted.

It is, said President Asif Zardari this week, "fighting a battle for its own survival" .

Trade between the two is minimal, but Mr Zardari proposed creating an economic union.

Obama telephoned Zardari shortly after the operation was completed, but the president has not yet commented publicly on bin Laden's killing.

Mr Musharraf eventually resigned when parliament threatened to impeach him; Mr Zardari won an indirect ballot to replace him.

Supporters of Mr Zardari hoped he would use the floods as an opportunity to improve the government.

For his part, the Pakistani President Asif Zardari said such attacks wouldn't weaken his government's resolve to fight terrorism.

The National Accountability Bureau alleged that Mr. Zardari accumulated wealth 'beyond his means.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani have both condemned the bloodshed in Mumbai.

Bhutto extracted her own concession: forgiveness of the myriad corruption cases against her and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari.

Zardari and Sharif are expected to meet Thursday in Islamabad to discuss their parties' plans.

Mr. Zardari will assume the presidency as Pakistan confronts an extraordinary range of challenges.

Last month Mr Zardari joined forces with Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister, to hound Pervez Musharraf from the presidency.

Asif Zardari said that, similar to most countries around the world, Pakistan would continue to accept foreign aid.

During President Zardari's visit, will the two sides discuss counter-terrorism and joint fight against al-Qaeda?

Saudi King Abdullah told U. S. officials that Pakistan's President Zardari was incapable of reforming his country.

It could also destabilise the central government of President Asif Zardari, another PPP-led coalition.

Mr Zardari needs to reiterate that proposal and to provide the fullest co-operation in investigating the Mumbai attacks.

Zardari stated that Pakistan sincerely appreciated Chinese support and help for Pakistan people in the long time.

American officials deem Mr Zardari corruptandimpotent, and accuse military intelligenceofcolluding with the Taliban.

Mr Zardari is willing to have most of the judges back, but not their irascible leader, Iftikhar Chaudhry.

So just after a little hesitation and moulding himself according to circumstances, he accepted Zardari as the 11th President of Pakistan.

Mr. Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday.

President Zardari expressed gratitude for the opportunity to speak face to face with India's leader.

President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to London this week therefore comes at a crucial moment.

President Zardari is expected to spend the day with survivors in the worst affected regions.

The chances are that Mr Sharif will now push for a mid-term election, while the Supreme Court tries to "get Mr Zardari" .

Mr Zardari has relinquished powers to appoint or sack prime ministers, service chiefs and judges.

It also ordered the restoration of all cases against Mr. Zardari, though as president he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

The current operation in Swat was announced last week, the day after Mr Zardari met Mr Obama in Washington.

Certainly Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, has done little to inspire confidence.

Rather than face more protests, Mr. Zardari would probably concede their demands.

Where Mubarak brutally silenced his opponents, Zardari's could not be heard more loudly.

Will relevant agreements be signed during Pakistani President Zardari's visit?

That is the view of the army, and a sign that Mr. Zardari feels increasingly beholden to it.

While there is no indication Mr. Zardari would resign, his hold on power could weaken.

Pakistan's president, Asif Zardari, has many reasons to regret his trip to France and Britain this week.

And the opposition still seems bent on destabilising the pro-American Zardari government.

President Asif Zardari told Mr Holbrooke that Pakistan was fighting for its survival.

Mr. Zardari flew to the southern city of Sukkur on Thursday to assess the damage and the relief operation.

Our correspondent Lyse Doucet traveled with Mr Ban and the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.

Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan's president, is currently visiting Beijing.

Here, too, there's growing anger over the government's perceived slow response and President's Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Europe.

Mr Zardari was jailed and she retreated back into exile to escape corruption charges.

They cheer his efforts to take on the corrupt and hapless president, Asif Ali Zardari.

This had afforded Mr Zardari and other PPP leaders amnesty from criminal proceedings in corruption cases.

Despite the deep friendship, Mr. Zardari didn't appear to get an immediate pledge of help from China on the financial front.

Pakistan's government looks as wobbly as ever under Asif Ali Zardari, its president.

A: President Zardari will arrive at Beijing today and begin his working visit to China.

Political pundits foresee the end of Mr Zardari's presidency.

Mr. Zardari said Thursday that Pakistan and China need to cooperate more closely to fight terrorism.

Just hours before the Marriott bombing, Mr Zardari made his first speech to parliament as president.

Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari has rejected criticism that he should return from an extended foreign trip.

Q: Please brief us on the specific itinerary of President Zardari's visit to China.

Even in the PPP, which accepted Mr Zardari as its leader in the panic-stricken wake of Ms Bhutto 2007 death, many despise him.

Zardari will feel politically small before Sharif.

It is likely that Mr Zardari would gladly accept and accommodate his Indian hosts at every level.

President Zardari was quick to thank the 27-member organization for its financial assistance.

Mr. Zardari spent a total of 11 years in jail in Pakistan while facing trial for corruption and murder charges.

Mr Zardari enjoys presidential immunity from criminal, but not civil, action.

Yet Mr Zardari needs the United States more than ever.

This seems intended in part to focus Mr Zardari's wayward mind on the task in hand.

Opposition politician Haroon Akhtar says Mr. Zardari's government is keeping quiet because of fears of retaliation by extremists.

Mr. Zardari is immune from prosecution as president.

Mr. Karzai said Mr. Zardari's election signaled a new era that gives him hope.

From February 20 to 24, Pakistani President Zardari visited Hubei Province and Shanghai Municipality.

A famous playboy, Mr Zardari was known in the days of Miss Bhutto's governments as "Mr 10%" .

President Bush has met for the first time with Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari.

Mr Zardari is right: it is a policy of almost lunatic recklessness.

Mr Zardari and Mr Sharif both say they want peace with India and an end to ruinous militancy. Neither is a friend to the army.

"China is the future of the world, " Zardari declared on his arrival.

During this period, Zardari twice got chance to become federal minister in Pakistan.

"If we had the proof we would try them in our courts, we would try them in our land, and we would sentence them, " added Mr. Zardari.

where we can get more trade and less aid, " said President Zardari. " We can be self-dependent.

It ordered the government to reopen a money-laundering case against Mr Zardari.

We had a great discussion with President Zardari as we talked about what it is that America can and should be doing together. . .

A spokesman for Mr. Zardari couldn't be reached to comment.

Zardari: "Do you know who I am? "

Actually, Sharif wanted to give a big political blow to Zardari.

The Americans (and Mr Zardari) responded, last year, by arranging for Pakistan's embassy in Washington to hand out visas independently.

Asif Zardari needs all the help he can get. Despite his shady reputation, he should get it.

The bureau said Mr. Zardari, 54 years old, had accumulated $1. 5 billion in assets through illegal means.

Here it is noteworthy that notwithstanding Zardari was made President on sympathetic grounds;