This presentation includes the early life history, political career, educational background of Ex President of Pakistan (Asif Ali Zardari ). The failures that occurred in his tenure

1. EX-PRESIDENT OF
PAKISTAN
Created by:
Mohammad Awais Javaid

2. ASIF ALI
ZARDARI
11th President of Pakistan

3. Early life • Born on 26 July 1955 in Karachi Sindh
• son of Hakim Ali Zardari, a prominent landowner
• In his youth he enjoyed polo and boxin. He led a polo
team known as Zardari Four
• He is also appeared in a movie, salgirah as a child artist
• 11th President of Pakistan
• Married to Benazir Bhutto in 1987
• Children (Bilawal , Bakhtawar , asifa)
• Net worth 1.8 Billion US$
• Religion Islam

4. Education • Zardari's academic background remains a question but
he claimed that he has the following academic
background.
• Primary education from Karachi Grammar School
• Graduated from Cadet College, Petaro
• He was graduated from London School of Business
and completed his bachelors degree in the 1970.

5. Early
Political
Career
• Zardari's initial political career was unsuccessful
• In 1983, he lost an election for a district council seat
in Nawabshah , a city of Sindh
• He was married to Benazir Bhutto and use her political
power
• He served as a Member of the NationalAssembly twice
(1990-1993 and 1993-1996), as Federal Minister for
Environment (1993-1996), and as Federal Minister for
Investment (1995-1996)
• In 20September 1996, Murtaza died in a shootout with
police in Karachi

6. Early
Political
Career
(Contd.)
• Nusrat Bhutto accused Benazir and Zardari of being
responsible of Murtaza’s killing
• Zardari was arrested in July 1998 in Lahore , he was
indicted for corruption in Pakistan
• In November 2004, he was released on bail by court
order and he went to Dubai.
• In June 2005, he suffered a heart attack and was
treated in the United Arab Emirates

7. Married to
Benazir
Bhutto
• He was married to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in 1987
• She was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice in
(1988-90 and 1993-96)
• Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in an attack in
Rawalpindi on 27 December 2007

8. As a
President of
Pakistan
• In 6 September 2008, Mr. Zardari was elected President
of Pakistan
• Asif Ali Zardari became President of Pakistan by
getting 481 votes.
• Yousef Raza Gillani was elected Prime Minister of
Pakistan.
• He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008
to 2013 .
• On 8 September 2013, Zardari became the country’s
first President to complete his constitutional term.

9. Era Of
Zardari
• First president who strengthened the federation and
stabilised democracy in Pakistan.
• .President Zardari faced corruption charges when he
entered the presidency
• Countless trips to China, unannounced trips to Dubai,
trips to London,
• Relationship with India
• Issue of Kashmir
• The 18th Amendment of the Constitution of Pakistan
was passed by the NationalAssembly of Pakistan on
April 8, 2010, removing the power of the President
of Pakistan to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally,
turning Pakistan from a semi-presidential to a
parliamentary

10. Era Of
Zardari
(Contd.)
• Alamdar road, Quetta April 2012
• 18 February 2013 contract for construction of Gwadar
Port to China was signed
• Asif Ali Zardari laid foundation of two hydro power
plants in Rohri and Nara (near Sukkur)
• Financial protection of 50 lac poor families through
benazir income support program
• Zardari tenure was also criticized for mishandling
flood in 2010
• Growing terrorist violence in Zardari Era
• Benazir Bhutto qatal case

11. Era Of
Zardari
(Contd.)
• NewYorkTimes in January, 1998 there was a detailed
report about the corruption of Zardari.
• Increase in the Prices of fuel up to 102
• Electricity and gas shortages, unbridled price hike,
burden of foreign loans
• GDP rate decrease in the Era of Zardari

12. Conclusion
• At the start we have seen that there was no political background of ASIF ALI ZARDARI.
When married to Benazir Bhutto(Ex president of Pakistan) his political career was
started. After death of Benazir Bhutto he get sympathy votes and was elected as a
president of Pakistan. Zardari’s tenure was not very good because of several reasons.
One of the most important reason was that the loan percentage was increased.
Secondly the percentage of load shedding had been increased in his era. Due to this the
mega projects were shifted from Pakistan to Bangladesh. Now a day Asif Ali Zardari had
returned to Pakistan and now he is trying to dissolve the Current Government and he will
take part in the 2018 elections.

13. Any Questions?

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