Asif ali zardari

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EX-PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN Created by: Mohammad Awais Javaid

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EX-PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN

Created by: Mohammad Awais Javaid

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ASIF ALI ZARDARI

11th President of Pakistan

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Early life • Born on 26 July 1955 in Karachi Sindh• son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a prominent

landowner• In his youth he enjoyed polo and boxin. He

led a polo team known as Zardari Four• He is also appeared in a movie, salgirah as a

child artist• 11th President of Pakistan• Married to Benazir Bhutto in 1987• Children (Bilawal , Bakhtawar , asifa)• Net worth 1.8 Billion US$• Religion Islam

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Education • Zardari's academic background remains a question but he claimed that he has the following academic background.

•  Primary education from Karachi Grammar School

• Graduated from Cadet College, Petaro•  He was graduated from London School of

Business and completed his bachelors degree in the 1970.

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Early Political Career

• Zardari's initial political career was unsuccessful

• In 1983, he lost an election for a district council seat in Nawabshah , a city of Sindh

• He was married to Benazir Bhutto and use her political power

• He served as a Member of the National Assembly twice (1990-1993 and 1993-1996), as Federal Minister for Environment (1993-1996), and as Federal Minister for Investment (1995-1996)

•  In 20September 1996, Murtaza died in a shootout with police in Karachi

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Early Political Career

(Contd.)

• Nusrat Bhutto accused Benazir and Zardari of being responsible of Murtaza’s killing

• Zardari was arrested in July 1998 in Lahore , he was indicted for corruption in Pakistan

• In November 2004, he was released on bail by court order and he went to Dubai.

• In June 2005, he suffered a heart attack and was treated in the United Arab Emirates

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Married to Benazir Bhutto

• He was married to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in 1987

• She was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice in (1988-90 and 1993-96)• Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in an

attack in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007

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As a President

of Pakistan

• In 6 September 2008, Mr. Zardari was elected President of Pakistan

• Asif Ali Zardari became President of Pakistan by getting 481 votes.

• Yousef Raza Gillani was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

• He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 .

• On 8 September 2013, Zardari became the country’s first President to complete his constitutional term.

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Era Of Zardari • First president who strengthened the federation

and stabilised democracy in Pakistan.• .President Zardari faced corruption charges

when he entered the presidency •  Countless trips to China, unannounced trips to

Dubai, trips to London, • Relationship with India• Issue of Kashmir • The 18th Amendment of the Constitution

of Pakistan was passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on April 8, 2010, removing the power of the President of Pakistan to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally, turning Pakistan from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary

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Era Of Zardari(Contd.)

• Alamdar road, Quetta April 2012• 18 February 2013 contract for construction

of Gwadar Port to China was signed •  Asif Ali Zardari laid foundation of two hydro

power plants in Rohri and Nara (near Sukkur) 

• Financial protection of 50 lac poor families through

benazir income support program• Zardari tenure was also criticized for

mishandling flood in 2010 • Growing terrorist violence in Zardari Era• Benazir Bhutto qatal case

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Era Of Zardari

(Contd.)

•  New York Times in January, 1998 there was a detailed report about the corruption of Zardari. 

• Increase in the Prices of fuel up to 102• Electricity and gas shortages, unbridled price

hike, burden of foreign loans• GDP rate decrease in the Era of Zardari

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Conclusion• At the start we have seen that there was no political background of ASIF

ALI ZARDARI. When married to Benazir Bhutto(Ex president of Pakistan) his political career was started. After death of Benazir Bhutto he get sympathy votes and was elected as a president of Pakistan. Zardari’s tenure was not very good because of several reasons. One of the most important reason was that the loan percentage was increased. Secondly the percentage of load shedding had been increased in his era. Due to this the mega projects were shifted from Pakistan to Bangladesh. Now a day Asif Ali Zardari had returned to Pakistan and now he is trying to dissolve the Current Government and he will take part in the 2018 elections.

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