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| Some Of Known Properties & Assets Of Asif Ali Zardari ! SOME OF KNOWN PROPERTIES & ASSETS OF ASIF ALI ZARDARI AS PER NAB OFFICIAL RECORD: THE LOCAL ASSETS ARE: Plot no. 121, Street 16, Phase VIII, DHA Karachi. 2000 sq.yards Agricultural land situated in Deh Dali Wadi, Taluka, Tando Allah Yar measuring 107 acres. Agricultural property located in Deh Tahooki Taluka, District Hyderabad measuring 165.15 acres. Agricultural land falling in Deh 76-Nusrat, Taluka, District Nawabshah measuring 827.14 acres Agricultural land situated in Deh 76-Nusrat, Taluka, District Nawabshah measuring 293.18 acres Residential plot No 3 (Now House) Block No B-I, City Survey No 2268 Ward-A Nawabshah Huma Heights (Asif Apartments) 133, Depot Lines, Commissariat Road, Karachi Trade Tower Building 3/CL/V Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi House No 8, St 19, F-8/2, Islamabad Agricultural land in Deh 42 Dad Taluka/ District Nawabshah 740 acres Agricultural land in Deh 51 Dad Taluka Distt Nawabshah 530 acres Plot No 3 & 4 Sikni (residential) Near Housing Society Ltd. Nawabshah CafT Sheraz (C.S No.. 2231/2 & 2231/3) Nawabshah 8000 sq. yards Agricultural land in Deh 23-Deh Taluka & District Nawabshah 940 acres Agricultural property in Deh 72-A, Nusrat Taluka, Nawabshah 1230 acres Agricultural land in Deh 76-Nusrat Taluka, Nawabshah 2117 acres Plot No. A/136 Survey No 2346 Ward A Government Employee's Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, Nawabshah 8000 sq. yards Agricultural land in Deh Jaryoon Taluka Tando Allah Yar, Distt. Hyderabad 711 acres Agricultural land in Deh Aroro Taluka Tando Allah Yar 622 acres Agricultural land in Deh Nondani Taluka Tando Allah Yar 1430 acres Agricultural land in Deh Lotko Taluka Tando Allah Yar 2330 acres Agricultural land in Deh Jhol Taluka Tando Allah Yar 230 acres ' Agricultural land in Deh Kandari Taluka Tando Allah Yar 856 acres Agricultural land in Deh Deghi Taluka Tando Mohammad Khan 743 acres Agricultural land in Deh Rahooki Taluka, Hyderabad 932 acres Property in Deh Charo Taluka, Badin 1140 acres Agricultural property in Deh Dali Wadi Taluka, Hyderabad 3122 acres Five acres prime land allotted by DG KDA in 1995/96 4,000 kanals on Simli Dam 80 acres of land at Hawkes Bay 13 acres of land at Maj Gulradi (KPT Land) One acre plot, GCI, Clifton One acre of land, State Life (International Center, Sadar) FEBCs worth Rs. 48 million SHARES IN SUGAR MILLS INCLUDE: Sakrand Sugar Mills Nawabshah Ansari Sugar Mills Hyderabad Mirza Sugar Mills Badin Pangrio Sugar Mills Thatta Bachani Sugar Mills Sanghar FRONT COMPANIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES: Bomer Fiannce Inc, British Virgin Islands Mariston Securities Inc, Marleton Business S A, Capricorn Trading S A, Fagarita Consulting INc, Marvil Associated Inc, 'Pawnbury Finance Ltd, Oxton Trading Limited, Brinslen Invest S A, Chimitex Holding S A, Elkins Holding S A, Minister Invest Ltd, Silvernut Investment Inc, Tacolen Investment Ltd, Marlcrdon Invest S A, Dustan Trading Inc, Reconstruction and Development Finance Inc, Nassam Alexander Inc. Westminster Securities Inc. Laptworth Investment Inc 202, Saint Martin Drive, West Jacksonville Intra Foods Inc. 3376, Lomrel Grove, Jacksonville, Florida Dynatel Trading Co, Florida A..S Realty Inc. Palm Beach Gardens Florida Bon Voyage Travel Consultancy Inc, Florida PROPERTIES IN UK ARE: 355 acre Rockwood Estate, Surrey (Now stands admitted) Flat 6, 11 Queensgate Terrace, London SW7 26 Palace Mansions, Hammersmith Road, London W14 27 Pont Street, London, SW1 20 Wilton Crescent, London SW1 23 Lord Chancellor Walk, Coombe Hill, Kingston, Surrey The Mansion, Warren Lane, West Hampstead, London A flat at Queensgate Terrace, London Houses at Hammersmith Road, Wilton Crescent, Kingston and in Hampstead. PROPERTIES IN BELGIUM ARE: 12-3 Boulevard De-Nieuport, 1000, Brussels, (Building containing 4 shops and 2 large apartments) Chausee De-Mons, 1670, Brussels PROPERTIES IN FRANCE ARE: La Manoir De La Reine Blanche and property in Cannes PROPERTIES IN USA -- in the name of Asif Zardari and managed by Shimmy Qureshi are: Stud farm in Texas Wellington Club East, West Palm Beach 12165 West Forest Hills, Florida Escue Farm 13,524 India Mound, West Palm Beach 3,220 Santa Barbara Drive, Wellington Florida 13,254 Polo Club Road, West Palm Beach Florida 3,000 North Ocean Drive, Singer Islands, Florida 525 South Flager Driver, West Palm Beach, Florida Marriott Hotel in Downtown Houston Owned by Asif Ali Zardari, Iqbal Memon and Sadar-ud-Din Hashwani BANK ACCOUNTS IN FOREGN COMPANIES ARE: Union Bank of Switzerland (Account No. 552.343, 257.556.60Q, 433.142.60V, 216.393.60T) Citibank Private Limited (SWZ) (Account No. 342034) Citibank N A Dubai (Account No. 818097) Barclays Bank (Suisse) (Account No. 62290209) Barclays Bank (Suisse) (Account No. 62274400) Banque Centrade Ormard Burrus S A Banque Pache S A Banque Pictet & Cie Banque La Henin, Paris (Account No. 00101953552) Bank Natinede Paris in Geneva (Account NO.. 563.726.9) Swiss Bank Corporation Chase Manhattan Bank Switzerland American Express Bank Switzerland Societe De Banque Swissee Barclays Bank (Knightsbridge Branch) (Account No. 90991473) Barclays Bank, Kingston and Chelsea Branch, (Sort Code 20-47-34135) National Westminster Bank, Alwych Branch (Account No. 9683230) Habib Bank (Pall Mall Branch). National Westminster Bank, Barking Branch, (Account No. 28558999). Habib Bank AG, Moorgate, London EC2 National Westminster Bank, Edgware Road, London Banque Financiei E Dela Citee, Credit Suisse Habib Bank AG Zurich, Switzerland Pictet Et Cie, Geneva Credit Agricole, Paris Credit Agridolf, Branch 11, Place Brevier, 76440, Forges Les Faux Credit Agricole, Branch Haute – Normandie, 76230, Boise Chillaum
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| Re: Some Of Known Properties & Assets Of Asif Ali Zardari ! In Wikipedia following shows up if you enter Asif Ali Zardari Wikipedia. Asif Ali Zardari From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Asif Ali Zardari آصف علی زرداری Asif Ali Zardari Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Incumbent Assumed office 30 December 2007 Serving with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Preceded by Benazir Bhutto Born 26 July 1955 (1955-07-26) (age 53) Karachi, Pakistan[1] Nationality Pakistani Political party Pakistan Peoples Party Spouse Benazir Bhutto (d. 2007) Children Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari Asifa Bhutto Zardari Residence Zardari House Islamabad, Pakistan Religion Islam Website PPP website Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: آصف علی زرداری) (Sindhi: آصف علي زرداري) (born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician and the Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He is the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who twice served as Prime Minister of Pakistan. Contents * 1 Early Life * 2 Member of National Assembly * 3 Criminal charges and allegations o 3.1 Corruption + 3.1.1 Switzerland * 4 Zardari's Challenge To His Critics o 4.1 Poland o 4.2 France o 4.3 Helicopter scandal o 4.4 Western Asia o 4.5 Mental Illness * 5 Co-chairman of the PPP o 5.1 Candidate for the presidency following Musharraf's resignation * 6 See also * 7 References * 8 External links Early Life Asif is the son of a Pakistani politician, Hakim Ali Zardari. Asif did most of his schooling at Saint Patrick's High School in Karachi. He married Benazir Bhutto on 18 December 1987. They have three children: Bilawal, Baktawar and Asifa. Member of National Assembly Asif served as a member of the National Assembly, and he was Minister of the Environment during his wife's second term as Prime Minister (1993–1996). Initially he was interested in the Finance Ministry, but Bhutto opted to put him in a non-revenue generating department instead. During his time as Environment Minister, he claimed in a televised news conference on STN that every school in Pakistan had an Environment & Forestry department which motivated every student to plant one tree. He also served as a Senator until the October 1999 coup by General Pervez Musharraf, in which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted and the Senate and assemblies were disso Criminal charges and allegations In 1990, Zardari was arrested on charges of blackmail, based on allegations that he attached a bomb to a Pakistani businessman, Murtaza Bukhari, and forced him to withdraw money from his bank account.[1] However, the charges were dropped when he was released from prison in 1993 when his wife's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) took power and forced the charges out.[citation needed] He was kept in custody from 1997 to 2004 on charges ranging from corruption to murder. He was granted bail and released in November 2004 when a judge released Zardari under great pressure. However, he was re-arrested on 21 December 2004 after his failure to attend a hearing in a murder trial in Karachi. Corruption Zardari and Benazir Bhutto denied corruption allegations; however, in August 2004, Zardari finally admitted owning a £4.35m estate in Surrey, England (including a 20-room mansion and two farms on 365 acres, or 1.5 km², of land), which the Pakistani authorities allege was bought with the proceeds of corruption.[2] Legal proceedings brought by the then Government of Pakistan against Zardari to recover the sale proceeds of the property are continuing before the High Court of Justice of England and Wales[citation needed]. In October 2006, the court dismissed Zardari's application to halt the proceedings on the basis that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the case[citation needed]. As of late 2007, Zardari is seeking permission to appeal that decision[citation needed]. French, Polish, Spanish, and Swiss documents have fuelled the charges of corruption against Bhutto and her husband. They faced a number of legal proceedings, including a charge of laundering money through Swiss banks. Though never convicted, her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, spent eight years in prison on similar corruption charges. After being released on bail in 2004, Zardari suggested that his time in prison involved torture; human rights groups have supported his claim that his rights were violated.[3] A 1998 New York Times investigative report[4] claims that Pakistani investigators have documents that uncover a network of bank accounts, all linked to the family's lawyer in Switzerland, with Asif Zardari as the principal shareholder. According to the article, documents released by the French authorities indicated that Zardari offered exclusive rights to Dassault, a French aircraft manufacturer, to replace the air force's fighter jets in exchange for a 5% commission to be paid to a Swiss corporation controlled by Zardari. The article also said a Dubai company received an exclusive license to import gold into Pakistan for which Asif Zardari received payments of more than $10 million into his Dubai-based Citibank accounts. The owner of the company denied that he had made payments to Zardari and claims the documents were forged. Bhutto maintained that the charges levelled against her and her husband were purely political.[5][6] An Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) report supports Bhutto's claim. It presents information suggesting that Benazir Bhutto was ousted from power in 1990 as a result of a witch hunt approved by then-president Ghulam Ishaq Khan. The AGP report says Khan illegally paid legal advisers 28 million rupees to file 19 corruption cases against Bhutto and her husband in 1990-92.[7] Yet the assets held by Bhutto and her husband continue to be scrutinized and speculated about. The prosecutors have alleged that their Swiss bank accounts contain £740 million.[8] Zardari also bought a neo-Tudor mansion and estate worth over £4 million in Surrey, England, UK.[9][10] The Pakistani investigations have tied other overseas properties to Zardari's family. These include a $2.5 million manor in Normandy owned by Zardari's parents, who had modest assets at the time of his marriage.[4] Bhutto denied holding substantive overseas assets. Switzerland On July 23, 1998, the Swiss Government handed over documents to the government of Pakistan which relate to corruption allegations against Benazir Bhutto and her husband.[11] The documents included a formal charge of money laundering by Swiss authorities against Zardari. The Pakistani government had been conducting a wide-ranging inquiry to account for more than $13.7 million frozen by Swiss authorities in 1997 that was allegedly stashed in banks by Bhutto and her husband. The Pakistani government recently filed criminal charges against Bhutto in an effort to track down an estimated $1.5 billion she and her husband are alleged to have received in a variety of criminal enterprises.[12] The documents suggest that the money Zardari was alleged to have laundered was accessible to Benazir Bhutto and had been used to buy a diamond necklace for over $175,000.[13] The PPP has responded by flatly denying the charges, suggesting that Swiss authorities have been misled by false evidence provided by the Government of Pakistan. On August 6, 2003, Swiss magistrates found Bhutto and her husband guilty of money laundering.[14] They were given six-month suspended jail terms, fined $50,000 each and were ordered to pay $11 million to the Pakistani government. The six-year trial concluded that Bhutto and Zardari deposited in Swiss accounts $10 million given to them by a Swiss company in exchange for a contract in Pakistan. The couple said they would appeal. The Pakistani investigators say Zardari opened a Citibank account in Geneva in 1995 through which they say he passed some $40 million of the $100 million he received in payoffs from foreign companies doing business in Pakistan.[15] In October 2007, Daniel Zappelli, chief prosecutor of the canton of Geneva, said he received the conclusions of a money laundering investigation against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on October 29, but it was unclear whether there would be any further legal action against her in Switzerland.[16] A Swiss investigating magistrate has amassed enough evidence, including the purchase of a diamond necklace, to indict Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto and husband on money-laundering charges tied to contracts with two Geneva-based companies. The magistrate, Daniel Devaud, decided not to bring the charges against Ms. Bhutto in Switzerland, but rather to ask Pakistani authorities to indict her. The Geneva magistrate has been conducting a wide-ranging inquiry seeking to account for more than $13.7 million frozen by Swiss authorities in 2006[citation needed]. The money was allegedly stashed in Swiss banks.[17] The public proceedings were required to be dropped against Bhutto due to her death; but the proceedings were still continued against Zardari until end of August 2008 .[18]. In the end of August, however, all of the cases against him in Swiss courts were closed, leaving him with all 60 million dollars(41 million Euros) restored, which were freezed due to alleged money-laundering case against him.[19] Zardari's Challenge To His Critics On news of Zardari reception of $60 million, he quickly denied of the fact and even challanged his critics that he would give half of all money($30 million) to the person who proves him the recipent.[20 Poland The Polish Government has given Pakistan 500 pages of documentation relating to corruption allegations against Benazir Bhutto and her husband. These charges are in regard to the purchase of 8,000 tractors in a 1997 deal.[21][22] According to Pakistani officials, the Polish papers contain details of illegal commissions paid by the tractor company in return for agreeing to their contract.[23] It was alleged that the arrangement "skimmed" Rs 103 mn rupees ($2 million) in kickbacks.[24] "The documentary evidence received from Poland confirms the scheme of kickbacks laid out by Asif Zardari and Benazir Bhutto in the name of (the) launching of Awami tractor scheme", APP said. Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari allegedly received a 7.15% commission on the purchase through their front men, Jens Schlegelmilch and Didier Plantin of Dargal S.A., who received about $1.969 million for supplying 5,900 Ursus tractors.[25] France Potentially the most lucrative deal alleged in the documents involved the effort by Dassault Aviation, a French military contractor. French authorities indicated in 1998 that Bhutto's husband, Zardari, offered exclusive rights to Dassault to replace the air force's fighter jets in exchange for a five percent commission to be paid to a corporation in Switzerland controlled by Zardari.[26] At the time, French corruption laws forbade bribery of French officials but permitted payoffs to foreign officials, and even made the payoffs tax-deductible in France. However, France changed this law in 2000.[27] Helicopter scandal In 1998-1999, an enquiry was conducted by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament to investigate the matter regarding the purchase of the helicopter. The case involves defrauding substantive sum of $2.168 million and $1.1 million public money. The record shows that the case was not pursued properly nor diligently. FIR No 1 of 1998 was registered with Federal Investigation Agency State Bank Circle Rawalpindi on the complaint of Cabinet Division. Thorough investigation was conducted by the committee headed by Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir and two other members, namely Faridullah Jamali and Jamshaid Ali Shah. During this investigation the committee Chairman Barjees Tahir summoned both the former President Farooq Leghari and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto along with others, and they were investigated. The case received extensive media coverage both inside and outside Pakistan. The recommendations of the committee, obtained from the file, are as under: 6.1: FIR may be lodged against (1) Malik Allah Yar Khan of Kalabagh (2) Zia Pervez Hussain (3) Dr M.A. Khan and criminal proceedings be instituted against them defrauding the government. 6.2: The amount of $2.168 million be recovered from Malik Allah Yar Khan, Zia Pervez Hussain and Dr M.A. Khan by attaching their properties etc in Pakistan or abroad for this purpose. FIA may be directed to take steps to recover this money through Interpol, if necessary. Any banker or foreign national involved in this fraud may also be taken to task by the Federal Investigation Agency. 6.3: As Benazir Bhutto, she is clearly responsible for this loss to exchequer as major decisions in respect of this contract were taken with her approval or direction and passed on to Cabinet Division through former PS PM (Ahmad Sadiq). FIR may be registered against her for causing loss to state by misuse of her authority as PM, and criminal proceedings be initiated. 6.4: Farooq Leghari knows that his name has visibly come up in this case. He has tried to plead innocent. It is unimaginable that those operating in this scandal could have easy access to the top bureaucrats like Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and even to the Prime Minister herself without the backing and active support of the President. FIR against him must also be registered and criminal proceedings initiated. 6.5: As for the senior civil servants involved in the case, Ahmad Sadiq former PS PM, Humayun Faiz Rasul and Sahibzada Imtiaz former Cabinet Secretary, no action can be taken against them at this stage as they already stand retired/superannuated. The case was further referred to the National Accountability Bureau in 2000-02 but no action was taken. [edit] Western Asia In the largest single payment investigators have uncovered, a gold bullion dealer in Western Asia was alleged to have deposited at least $10 million into one of Zardari's accounts after the Bhutto government gave him a monopoly on gold imports that sustained Pakistan's jewellery industry. The money was allegedly deposited into Zardari's Citibank account in Dubai. Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast, stretching from Karachi to the border with Iran, has long been a gold smugglers' haven. Until the beginning of Bhutto's second term, the trade, running into hundreds of millions of dollars a year, was unregulated, with slivers of gold called biscuits, and larger weights in bullion, carried on planes and boats that travel between the Persian Gulf and the largely unguarded Pakistani coast. Shortly after Bhutto returned as Prime Minister in 1993, a Pakistani bullion trader in Dubai, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob, proposed a deal: in return for the exclusive right to import gold, Razzak would help the government regularize the trade. In November 1994, Pakistan's Commerce Ministry wrote to Razzak informing him that he had been granted a license that made him, for at least the next two years, Pakistan's sole authorized gold importer. In an interview in his office in Dubai, Razzak acknowledged that he had used the license to import more than $500 million in gold into Pakistan, and that he had travelled to Islamabad several times to meet with Bhutto and Zardari. But he denied that there had been any corruption or secret deals. "I have not paid a single cent to Zardari," he said. Razzak claims that someone in Pakistan who wished to destroy his reputation had contrived to have his company wrongly identified as the depositor. "Somebody in the bank has cooperated with my enemies to make false documents," he said.[28][29][30][31] Fatima Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto's niece, and others have publicly accused Bhutto of complicity in the killing of her brother Murtaza Bhutto in 1996 by uniformed police officers while she was Prime Minister.[32] Mental Illness The British newspaper Daily Telegraph has revealed on August 26, 2008 issue that Asif Ali Zardari is suffering from mental illnesses [33]. Mr Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan People's Party, was diagnosed with a range of psychiatric illnesses, including dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. The illnesses were said to be linked to the fact that he has spent 11 of the past 20 years in Pakistani prisons fighting charges of corruption. He claims to have been tortured during his incarceration. In March 2007, New York psychiatrist Philip Saltiel found that Mr Zardari's time in detention left him with severe "emotional instability", memory loss and concentration problems, according to court documents seen by the Financial Times. [34] Due to this diagnosis by medical experts, the constitution of Pakistan prohibits any person from running in the presidental elections. Also, if such cases arise during the term of a president, the Parliament and Senate have the right to remove that person. Co-chairman of the PPP Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007, shortly after returning to Pakistan from exile. On 30 December 2007, Asif Ali Zardari became the co-chairman of the PPP, along with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is currently studying at Oxford. Bilawal is intended to fully assume the post when he completes his education.[35] After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Zardari reaffirmed his disinterest in the prime ministership.[36][37] Chairman Zardari and Mian Nawaz Sharif, leader of the PML-N, along with some smaller political parties, joined forces in an electoral coalition that won a heavy majority in the elections and unseated Musharraf's ruling PML-Q. After the election, he called for a government of national unity, and divided cabinet portfolios among coalition partners on proportionate basis .[38] Asif Ali Zardari and former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on February 21, 2008 that their parties would work together in the national parliament after scoring big wins in the election.[39] On 5th March 2008 Mr Zardari was cleared of five corruption charges[40], including corruption and illegal use of property under NRO, the National Reconciliation Ordinance[41] He had another trial on the remaining charges on 14 April 2008, when he was cleared under the same NRO[42]. On 19 April 2008 Zardari announced in a press conference in London that he and his sister, Faryal Talpur, would participate in the by-elections taking place on 3 June and that, if necessary, he would contest to become the country's next Prime Minister, even though his party voted by a 2/3 majority to announce that Yousaf Raza Gillani would be the PM for a five year term. Candidate for the presidency following Musharraf's resignation Zardari, in alliance with Nawaz Sharif, was preparing to Impeach President Pervez Musharraf from the presidency, and a charge-sheet and draft of impeachment had already been prepared, when Musharraf, in accordance with his advisors, resigned from the presidency on 18 August 2008. Chairman Zardari has been confirmed by the Central Executive Committee of the PPP as well as endorsed by the rival ethnic party MQM as candidate for the post of President of Pakistan[43]. There is nevertheless strong disagreement among the current coalition partners, and Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party is threatening to leave the coalition as a result.[44] According to the Constitution, elections must be held within 30 days of the previous president stepping down. The electoral college is composed of the Senate, the National Assembly, and the four provincial assemblies. Pakistan's Election Commission on August 22 announced that Presidential elections will be held on September 6, and the nomination papers can be filed from August 26.[45][44] Many analysts have predicted that if Zardari is elected President, Pakistan's political, economical and financial position will suffer heavily. It has been reported by the New York Times that Zalmay Khalilzad, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, had been unofficially advising Asif Ali Zardari[46]. Khalilzad, an Afghan native, is rumored to be flirting with the possibility of returning home to challenge President Hamid Karzai when his term expires next year. Should Khalilzad return home, a good working relationship with Islamabad would be critical[47]. Zain voted for Zardari on February 18th. See also * Azra Peechoho * Hakim Ali Zardari * Faryal Talpur * Bilawal Bhutto Zardari * Benazir Bhutto * Pakistan Peoples Party References 1. ^ a b BBC NEWS | South Asia | Profile: Asif Ali Zardari 2. ^ "Bhutto's husband now admits owning £4m estate", Guardian, 21 August 2004, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/aug/21/pakistan.benazirbhutto> 3. ^ "C'wealth apprised of Asif's 'illegal' detention - Dawn Pakistan". 4. ^ a b Bhutto Clan Leaves Trail of Corruption in Pakistan, by John F. Burns, The New York Times, 1998-01-09 5. ^ Bhutto's Husband Appeals May 11, 1999 6. ^ World News Briefs; Bhutto's Jailed Husband Sworn In as Senator December 30, 1997 7. ^ "The Bhutto saga takes a new turn". 8. ^ Corruption amnesty may release millions for Bhutto, The Sunday Times, 2007-10-14 9. ^ Asif Zardari lays claim to 4-mn-pound UK estate, The Times of India, 2004-08-22 10. ^ £4 m Surrey mansion in Bhutto 'corruption' row, The Sunday Times, 2004-11-21 11. ^ South Asia Bhutto 'corruption' documents reach Pakistan, Thursday, 23 July 1998 12. ^ Swiss Want Bhutto Indicted in Pakistan for Money Laundering, August 20, 1998, Thursday, by Elizabeth Olson 13. ^ Swiss Want Bhutto Indicted in Pakistan for Money Laundering, August 20, 1998, Thursday, by Elizabeth Olson 14. ^ Asia: Pakistan: Bhutto Sentenced In Switzerland August 6, 2003 15. ^ THE BHUTTO MILLIONS; A Background Check Far From Ordinary, 9 January 1998, Friday, By JOHN F. BURNS (NYT) 16. ^ Swiss prosecutor gets case against Bhutto, 29 October 2007, Monday, by The Associated Press 17. ^ Swiss Want Bhutto Indicted in Pakistan for Money Laundering - New York Times 18. ^ Swiss investigation against Bhutto for alleged money laundering closed, lawyer says - International Herald Tribune 19. ^ Asif Ali Zardaris' $60million restored 20. ^ Zaradri says $60 million not returned to his account; Hamid Mir 21. ^ £4 m Surrey mansion in Bhutto 'corruption' row 21 November 2004 22. ^ Poland gives Pak papers on $ 2-mn Bhutto bribe May 6, 1999 23. ^ World: South Asia Poland linked to Bhutto corruption charge, Friday, May 7, 1999 24. ^ Bhutto's Husband Appeals 11 May 1999 25. ^ NAB says Swiss order names Benazir: Ursus tractor case July 22, 2004 26. ^ "Sweet Economic-Political Deal". 27. ^ "Steps taken by France to implement and enforce the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions". 28. ^ House of Graft: Tracing the Bhutto Millions -- A special report.; Bhutto Clan Leaves Trail of Corruption January 9, 1998 29. ^ Bhutto and Her Legacy: Death in Rawalpindi December 28, 2007 30. ^ The Gold Connection, New York Times, 1998 31. ^ Graft charges against Benazir lead to UK April 14, 1998 32. ^ "Murtaza Bhutto's Murder" by Fatima Bhutto retrieved Sun, Dec 30, 2007 33. ^ Pakistan presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari 'suffering from severe mental problems' 34. ^ Battle scars on show as spotlight returns to Zardari 35. ^ "Bhutto's son, husband to be co-leaders of party", Reuters. Retrieved on 2007-12-30. 36. ^ Asif Ali Zardari does not desire Prime Minister office | Top News 37. ^ Channelnewsasia.com 38. ^ "Bhutto's widower calls for unity", sCNN. Retrieved on 2008-02-21. 39. ^ "Pakistan leaders agree on coalition", CNN.com, February 21, 2008. 40. ^ Asif Ali Zardari cleared in five corruption cases 41. ^ Asif Ali Zardari cleared in five corruption cases including corruption and illegal use of property under NRO 42. ^ Asif emerges as 'Mr Clean' after acquittal in last case 43. ^ BBC NEWS | South Asia | Zardari nominated to be president 44. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nether 45. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named toi 46. ^ U.N. Envoy’s Ties to Pakistani Are Questioned 47. ^ U.S./U.N. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad to Leave Office External links * Asif Zardari news * Profile: Asif Zardari * Bhutto's husband released (SBS World News, Australia) * Bhutto's husband now admits owning £4m estate (The Guardian of London) * YouTube.com videos on Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari |
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