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2013-09-09 India-Pakistan

Zardari ends tenure, treated to honour guard

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President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
, one of the most powerful civilian presidents the country has ever had, stepped down on Sunday, leaving his official residence after a record five years in power.

He retires six years after his wife's murder in December 2007, and is the first democratically elected president in the history of Pakistain to fully complete his constitutional tenure and be replaced by another elected individual.

His successor, Mamnoon Hussain, is to be sworn in on Monday, September 9.

Posted by Fred 2013-09-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 hopefully Mamnoon has some equally mockable characteristics...besides his name

Posted by Frank G 2013-09-09 09:29|| 2013-09-09 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Does he get to keep 10 percent of the honor guard?

Posted by SteveS 2013-09-09 16:54|| 2013-09-09 16:54|| Front Page Top

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