[An Nahar] Outgoing Pakistain  President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
said in comments aired Saturday he will not seek to become prime minister and will instead focus on leading his party after stepping down.
Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistain's Peoples Party (PPP), vacates the presidency on Sunday and will be replaced the following day by Mamnoon Hussain, a businessman and close ally of Prime Minister  Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
The center-left PPP ran a rudderless general election campaign earlier this year and was defeated by Sharif's Pakistain Musselmen League-N.
"I will not try to become the prime minister of Pakistain," Zardari, who defied expectations by holding onto power for a record five years, said in excerpts of an interview shown on Geo TV.
"In my view running the party is more important than becoming prime minister," he added.
Zardari, a controversial figure who was once sentenced to 11 years in prison for alleged corruption, said that as the presidency was the highest office in Pakistain it would not be appropriate for him to become prime minister.
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