Word: zardari
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1987-1987
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...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...
...prospective bridegroom is Asif Ali Zardari, 34, a handlebar-mustached building contractor and polo player. Like Bhutto, he is a member of a landowning family from Sind province. His father, once a supporter of Prime Minister Bhutto, remains active in opposition politics. The Zardari family reportedly broached the subject of marriage to Benazir's mother and aunt last year. Benazir and Asif subsequently met at a dinner party, but they did not get together again until two weeks ago, in London. Five days later the marriage plans were announced...
...only one in the family not to have one," she said in an interview with the New York Times. Ordinary Western- style dating had seemed out of the question in Pakistan. "For me, as leader of a Muslim party, it would just not do," she said. After meeting Zardari, she decided that he was "nice and had a sense of humor and seemed to be a tolerant person ((who)) could handle having a wife who had an independent career of her own." The wedding will probably not take place until winter, by which time her followers -- and Benazir -- should have...