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Bleak future for Pakistan president in new parliament

AFP

Pakistan’s new National Assembly will be sworn in Saturday, completing the country’s first ever democratic transition of power, but for President Asif Ali Zardari the political future looks bleak. Pakistan’s 65-year history has been punctuated by three periods of military rule and Zardari was credited