ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Predictions that Pervez Musharraf will have to flee Pakistan to escape treason charges have died along with the coalition that drove him from the presidency.The ex-general can now eye comfortable — though high-security — retirement in the luxury villa, complete with a swimming pool and strawberry patch, that he is building […]

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Asif Ali Zardari elected new President of Pakistan
IISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari was elected as the next President of Pakistan after securing majority of votes in the presidential elections held here on Saturday.
Asif Ali Zardari is Pakistan’s 11th President since 1956, when the country became a republic, excluding acting presidents.
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Source: Rise of Pakistan
President Pervez Musharraf pledged Tuesday to cooperate with whoever wins January’s crucial general elections, saying that he was not a “trouble creator”. (The Nation, Dec 12, 2007.)
He further said in the same interview that he had to impose emergency rule on November 3 because the judge was “illegally trying to remove […]

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