New President for Pakistan

September 09, 2008

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has been sworn in as President. His supporters hope his election will be a step toward stability after months of uncertainty and rising militant violence. Zardari swept to power on Saturday when members of the two-chamber parliament and four provincial assemblies voted on a replacement for former army chief Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month nine years after taking power in a coup.