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Asif Ali Zardari
| PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN AND FORMER CO-CHAIRMAN OF PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY |
| Was a Federal Minister | mid-1990s |
| Was a Member of Senate. | |
| Released on bail from prison after eight years | 2004 |
| Returned to Pakistan after his wife’s (Benazir Bhutto) assassination | December 2007 |
| Elected as the country’s president, replacing General (retd) Pervez Musharraf | September 2008 |
| Resigned from the position of PPP's co-chief | March 2013 |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
| Launched the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). | |
| His government initiated the Aghaz-i-Huqooq-i-Balochistan package. | |
| His government managed to forge a consensus for the seventh National Finance Corporation (NFC) award. | |
| With the approval of the 18th Amendment, he surrendered the president’s power to dissolve Parliament. | |
| Signed two bills seeking stricter punishments for a number of crimes against women into laws | December 2011 |
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