Bhutto’s Widower Wins Presidency
BBC: Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has won Pakistan's presidential election, election officials say.

The election was called after Pervez Musharraf resigned rather than risk being impeached.

Mr Zardari faces an Islamist insurgency and economic problems that are threatening Pakistan's stability.

Meanwhile a bomb has killed at least 12 people near the city of Peshawar and injured many more. Bhutto’s Widower Wins Presidency >>> September 6, 2008

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Taleban Winning War, Says Zardari
BBC: The Pakistani Taleban have "the upper hand" and should be put on the list of banned organisations in Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, has said.

He says the world and Pakistan are losing the war on terror.

"It is an insurgency", he said, "and an ideological war. It is our country and we will defend it.

"The world is losing the war. I think at the moment they (the Taleban) definitely have the upper hand.

"The issue, which is not just a bad case scenario as far as Pakistan is concerned or as Afghanistan is concerned but it is going to be spreading further. The whole world is going to be affected by it." Taleban Winning War, Says Zardari >>> By Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC News, Islamabad | August 24, 2008

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