asif zardari
Sep 18 2008, Huma Imtiaz

Today marks exactly a month since Pervez Musharraf stepped down as President of Pakistan. In this past month, PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari was elected as the new President of the country, nearly a dozen airstrikes by NATO forces have targetted...

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