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...late Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, made Qureshi the Punjab PPP President in November...
...According to some reports, in 2006 Qureshi slapped an officer for beating a party activist. Qureshi's own home was raided after Pakistan's then-President, General Pervez Musharraf, imposed martial rule last fall, prompting a political crisis that eventually led to his own ouster. (Read about the first anniversary of Bhutto's assassination here...
...Despite having been unseated from the National Assembly in a 1996 election, Qureshi turned down a position in the Council of Economic Advisers to then-President Musharraf, a member of the Pakistan Muslim League party...
...They yelled at him and called him a collaborator." - a lawyer at the scene of a demonstration last year against Musharraf's emergency military rule, after Qureshi, as Punjab PPP president, was booed when he walked into the protest. (New York Times, November...
...Pakistan is a peaceful country and wants peace and security in the region." - speaking days after being named Pakistan's Foreign Minister earlier this year. Qureshi has maintained a desire for peace with India as well as a resolution to the disputed territory of Kashmir. (Hindustan Times, April...