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He may be a pliant partner for the west, but with his record of corruption, Zardari is the worst possible choice for Pakistan


singled out by fate to become Benazir Bhutto's husband and who, subsequently, did everything he could to prevent himself from being returned to obscurity – is about to become the new President of Pakistan

There will be no expressions of joy on the streets to mark the transference of power from a moth-eaten general to a worm-eaten politician.