His Excellency Asif Ali Zardari is the current president of Pakistan he was elected by his Pakistan Peoples Party of which he is also Co-Chairman, with an overwhelming majority in the presidential election held on September 6, 2008.

Mr. Asif Ali Zardari was born on July 26th, 1955 in a prominent family from Sindh. He is the son of veteran politician Mr. Hakim Ali Zardari.

He was thrust into the centre stage of current political developments of Pakistan when his late wife, the charismatic former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27th 2007.

Since then he has led Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) through successful general elections and worked with former political enemies to form a Government and force President Pervez Musharraf to resign.