Words cannot describe how elated I am right now at today's news that Benazir Bhutto's Widower has been overwhelmingly elected as the NEW Democratic President of Pakistan! I have been waiting patiently and sometimes anxiously for this day. I will continue to pray for President Zadari and the people of Pakistan. May God continue to give President Zadari and parliament the strength, courage and conviction to transform Pakistan to become the nation that Benazir Bhutto has always envisioned for the people of her country. It is now time for your country to move forward in confidence. You are not alone. The WORLD is on your side...For those of you who are not aware of the decade long corruption charges that weighed heavily on Benazir Bhutto and her now widower Zadari, ALL CHARGES were dropped! Now that's what I'm talking about ~ TRUE JUSTICE... The Geneva prosecutor said that he has dropped money laundering charges against Co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari. Please click here to read the entire article from Swiss News Worldwide dated August 25, 2008.
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The New York Times
By JANE PERLEZ and SALMAN MASOOD
Published: September 6, 2008
Published: September 6, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial politician with little experience in governing, was elected president of Pakistan on Saturday.
Results from voting in the two houses of Parliament, and three of four provincial assemblies, showed that Mr. Zardari had easily prevailed over his closest competitor.
The results were announced by the chief election commissioner, Qazi Muhammed Farooq. The votes from a fourth provincial assembly remained to be counted.
Mr. Zardari, 53, who spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that were not proven, succeeds Pervez Musharraf, who resigned as president last month under the threat of impeachment.
After the vote, Mr. Zardari, dressed in a white jacket over the traditional Pakistani attire, known as a shalwar kameez, spoke briefly on the lawn of the prime minister's residence where he and top officials of the Pakistan People's Party were holding a break-the-fast meal that is held each night during Ramadan.
Mr. Zardari, flanked by his two teenage daughters, Bakhtawar and Asifa, said he would uphold the democratic philosophy of his slain wife, Ms. Bhutto. "Parliament will be sovereign," he said. "This president shall be subservient to the Parliament."
The elevation of Mr. Zardari to the presidency, where he will have great powers, including the ability to dissolve Parliament and name the head of the Pakistani Army, comes with the tacit approval of the United States.
Mr. Zardari has promised a tougher fight against the Taliban and Al Qaeda extremists ensconced in the nation's tribal areas, from which they mount assaults on American and NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan.
After Ms. Bhutto's assassination, Mr. Zardari assumed the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the biggest in Pakistan. He led the party to victory in a parliamentary election Feb. 18 and formed a coalition with Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the second-largest party, the Pakistan Muslim League-N.
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