Asif Ali Zardari Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: ??? ??? ???????, Sindhi: ??? ??? ??????; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician and current co-chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party. He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He is the first ever democratically elected president of Pakistan to have completed his five year tenure. A Sindhi from a landowning tribe of Baloch origin, Zardari rose to prominence after his marriage to Benazir Bhutto in 1987, becoming the First Gentleman. Between 1993 and 1996, he held various cabinet positions in the second Bhutto administration including Federal Investment Minister, and Chairperson Pakistan Environmental Protection Council (PAEC).He was arrested on charges of corruption in late 1996, following the collapse of the Bhutto government. Although incarcerated, he nominally served in Parliament after being elected to the National Assembly in 1990 and Senate in 1997. He was released from jail in 2004. He subsequently went into self-exile in Dubai, but returned in December 2007 after Bhutto's assassination. As the Co-Chairman of the PPP, he led his party to victory in the 2008 general elections. He spearheaded a coalition that forced Musharraf to resign and was elected President on 6 September 2008.As president, Zardari had been a consistently strong U.S. ally in the war in Afghanistan, despite prevalent public disapproval of the nation's involvement in the conflict. In late 2008, his government obtained a three-year multi-billion dollar loan package from the International Monetary Fund in an effort to steer the nation out of an economic crisis. In early 2009, his attempt to prevent the reinstatement of Supreme Court judges failed in the face of massive protests led by Nawaz Sharif, his chief political rival. His achievements included the passage of the 18th Amendment in 2010 which reduced his vast presidential powers to that of a ceremonial figurehead. He also held the honor of being the 1st president to address the joint session of parliament for a record six times. His successor Mamnoon Hussain was elected on 30 July 2013. On 8 September 2013, Zardari became the country's first president to complete his constitutional term and handed over duties to a democratically elected successor.
St Patrick's High School, Karachi, Cadet College Petaro, Karachi Grammar School
Nationality
Pakistani
Spouse
Benazir Bhutto
Children
Asifa, Bakhtawar
Parents
Hakim Ali Zardari, Ara Zardari
Siblings
Faryal Talpur, Azra Fazal Pechuho, Fouzia Zardari
Movies
Salgira
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
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Benazir Bhutto's assassination was a kind of shock that could shake Pakistan for years.
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(on his wife in United Nations General Assembly - Sep 2008) The Bhutto doctrine of reconciliation is a road map not only to a new Pakistan, but to a new era of peace and co-operation between East and West, between people of all faiths, a road map that if followed will avoid a clash of civilizations and clash of religions that is the terrorists' ultimate goal. The Bhutto doctrine is the new century's equivalent of the Marshall Plan that saved Europe after World War II.
3
It's not a sad day...it is the darkest, gloomiest day in the history of this country and in my whole life. (On Benazir Bhutto's assassination.)
4
Benazir Bhutto is like the Shakespearean tragedy. The people of Pakistan want her, the world appreciates her, her qualifications are beyond comparison in Pakistan, but yet some feel they can do without her. She has managed to keep herself intact, her charisma intact, me intact in prison, the party intact, the public support intact. You must remember the tremendous odds that she was fighting against. For a singular party or a singular lady, or even a man for that matter, to bear it and manage to survive is a great victory. There is nothing that the establishment didn't do against us. I told one establishment representative that there are people in politics around because of you and some are there despite you, so please give us that respect. - (on Benazir Bhutto (2005))
5
I cannot abandon my dear wife and children. I would rather die than abandon all of you.
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Fact
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At the family home in Dubai, where she lived in exile, Benazir Bhutto's bedroom is locked. On the bedside table sits the manuscript of a book she finished writing a day before she was killed. "I sleep in the next room, because the children and I don't want to lose her scent,". says Asif Ali Zardari Bhutto's widower.
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In January 2007, there were rumors that Benazir and Asif were divorcing but soon PPP contradicted these reports, terming them "baseless propaganda" against the PPP and its leaders. Benazir Bhutto's spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that it was a "baseless, false and bogus story". He said that Benazir and Zardari were living together and had no differences and they were still in love.
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His daughter Bakhtawar migrated from Dubai to London in order to complete her education in Oxford university where her brother also is a student.
Has three children from the marriage to former prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (b. 1988), Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari (b. 1990) and Asifa Bhutto Zardari (1994).
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After their arranged marriage was announced on July 29, 1987, Asif sent Benazir roses every day and gave her a heart shaped ring of diamonds and sapphires.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Salgirah
1969
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bhutto
2010
Documentary
Himself (as President Asif Ali Zardari)
60 Minutes
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - President, Pakistan (segment "The War in Pakistan")
Frontline
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself - Pakistani President
Sunday AM
2008
TV Series
Himself
Those 70 Days
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Former Pakistan President
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - President, Pakistan (segment "The War in Pakistan")
Known for movies
Bhutto (2010) as Himself
Those 70 Days (2007) as Himself - Former Pakistan President
60 Minutes (2009) as Himself - President, Pakistan (segment "The War in Pakistan")
$1.8 Billion
