ISLAMABAD, Mar 9: Known for his uncanny skill to strike unlikely political alliances and win over his rivals through a ‘policy of reconciliation’, Asif Ali Zardari emerged from the shadow of his late spouse Benazir Bhutto to become one of Pakistan’s most resilient political figures.
Zardari, 68, was elected president of the country on Saturday for the second time, a record for any civilian, after serving in the same position from 2008 to 2013.
Born in 1955 in Karachi to Hakim Ali Zardari, a Sindhi landlord, businessman, and politician, the young Zardari came to prominence in 1987 after his marriage with Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of former president Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged in 1979 during the reign of military ruler Ziaul Haq for his alleged involvement in a murder.
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