Word: zardari
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...relief for President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, who dismissed Bhutto's government in August, and for the military leaders who encouraged his move. But Bhutto's drama is not over. Several pending misconduct cases could bar her from politics for seven years, and criminal charges against her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, could send him to prison for 17 years. The coalition, for its part, needs to come up with solutions to the issues troubling the country, including a critical economic situation and sour relations with Washington...
...Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari, also ran for two seats and she said he lost both races...
...admirers, is getting few favorable reviews in Pakistan. Her government has passed no legislation except a budget during its 14 months in power. Much of its energy has been squandered feuding with the opposition. Worse yet, her Cabinet stinks with corruption scandals, including allegations that her husband Asif Ali Zardari and father-in-law Hakim Ali Zardari, chairman of the parliamentary public- accounts committee, have taken advantage of their position to collect kickbacks on government contracts. Says Maleeha Lodi, a journalist close to Bhutto: "This government has lost the moral high ground. She is at grave risk politically...
...returned to Pakistan from exile in Britain in April 1986, her political fortunes have suffered setbacks. Now Bhutto, 34, has decided to test her luck at marriage. Last week the daughter of the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was wed under a rose-garlanded canopy to Asif Ali Zardari, 34, scion of a wealthy Pakistani family. The Muslim union, arranged by the families of the bride and groom, took place at the Bhutto family residence in Karachi...
...traditional-style marriage was expected, among other things, to buttress Bhutto's image as a "normal" Pakistani woman. Still, some allies were concerned that the union with Zardari, a onetime playboy, could damage Bhutto's political career. Not so, averred Bhutto, who added, "I'd certainly like to have a family...