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In a letter released by his office on Sunday, Singh said India was welcoming the chance to work with Asif Ali Zardari in reversing troubled relations between the two nations. "The ushering in of democracy in Pakistan opens new opportunities for us ...

Christina Lamb in Islamabad September 08, 2008 IN its short history of coups, wars and heads of state being toppled by everything from execution to a mysterious air crash, Pakistan has learned to expect the unexpected. But among all the myriad ...

The death toll in a devastating suicide blast has reached 35, officials said Sunday, as Pakistan prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president. The suicide attack Saturday underscored the militant threat facing the country and its ...

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was on Saturday elected the country's 13th president, defeating his two rivals from the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) factions with a big majority. According to results available with ...

Pakistan president-elect Asif Ali Zardari faced immediate pressure Sunday to tackle an upsurge in militant violence, as the toll from a suicide blast in the country's troubled northwest reached 33. Zardari , who won a two-thirds majority in a secret ...

Karachi that brings in essential daily shipments of oil and other supplies was cut off at the Khyber Pass. The move was in apparent retaliation for last week's first-ever ground assault inside Pakistani territory by US special forces against Islamic ...

The new president and the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who won a landslide victory on Saturday, will formally take oath on Tuesday, an official told AFP on Sunday. "The program for oath-taking has been finalized It will be held ...

Pakistan's President-elect Asif Ali Zardari, who has won a landslide victory in the elections to the top post, is likely to take oath Monday or on Tuesday. "We are waiting for the notification of the presidential election's result to be issued by ...

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Asif Ali Zardari won 481 out of 702 electoral college votes, a testimony to his mastery of the insider wheeling and dealing needed to secure the support of Pakistan’s political elite. To win the election, Zardari needed a simple majority of votes ...