"After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened."
Asif Ali Zardari is a Pakistani politician who has served as president of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms. He was born on 1955-07-26 in Karachi. He has also served as co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party.