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...Entered politics as a provincial politician from Punjab when he was hand-selected as finance leader by Pakistan's president Zia ul-Haq in 1981. He later became Punjab's chief minister in 1988, where he used his influence to challenge prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who took power after ul-Haq died in a plane crash...
...Replaced Bhutto as prime minister for the first time in 1990 but was dismissed on corruption charges by then-president Ghulam Ishaq Kahn...
...governor of Punjab - a loyalist of Zardari - has imposed emergency powers in the province, the one area the ruling coalition did not control. Zardari is head of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the largest political organization in the country that was once led by his late wife Benazir Bhutto...
...governor's mansion to shout defiant slogans and tear down People's Party posters. The two main shopping areas, Liberty and Anarkali, were shut down, as were a number of roads and bridges. Gunfire has been heard in parts of Rawalpindi, where some Sharif supporters have trashed posters commemorating Bhutto. Meanwhile, the country's stock exchange dipped 5% at the prospect of deepening political instability. More demonstrations are planned for Thursday...
...wife was in office. "The Pakistani people's money has not been returned." Zardari was twice imprisoned on corruption charges by Sharif's governments and has spent a total of 11½ years behind bars. He has always denied the charges and received amnesty for them from Musharraf before Bhutto's ill-fated return to Pakistan...