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WORLD> Asia-Pacific
Bhutto widower elected Pakistani president
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-09-07 09:38

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Benazir Bhutto's widower swept Pakistan's presidential election on Saturday, offering hope for stability to a nuclear-armed country feeling intense US pressure to crack down on Islamic militants.  

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani (R) greets President-elect Asif Ali Zardari the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, after his election in Islamabad September 6, 2008.  [Agencies]

In a grim reminder of the problems awaiting Asif Ali Zardari, rescuers in the northwest dug with their hands for survivors after at least 30 people were killed in a massive suicide bombing.

Already head of the main ruling party, Zardari becomes one of the most powerful civilian leaders in Pakistan's 61-year history. Last month, he marshaled a coalition that forced stalwart US ally Pervez Musharraf to quit as head of state.

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However, he begins with limited goodwill among a population who recall his nickname, Mr. Ten Percent, for alleged corruption during Bhutto's two terms in office as prime minister and doubt his political vision and leadership skills.

He is also untested on the international stage, where he must deal with mounting Western concern over how Taliban and al-Qaida militants have nested in the tribal belt along the Afghan border.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was looking forward to working with Zardari.

"I've been impressed by some of the things he has said about the challenges that Pakistan faces, about the centrality of fighting terrorism, about the fact that the terrorism fight is Pakistan's fight and also his very strong words of friendship and alliance with the United States," Rice told reporters on a trip to North Africa.

Zardari made no mention of those topics as he savored his triumph over Musharraf, during whose reign he sat for years in jail on graft charges.

He was elected by members of federal and provincial parliaments. Official results gave Zardari more than two-thirds of the votes.

A beaming Zardari hugged and shook hands with supporters and well-wishers gathering for a dinner Saturday in the gardens of the prime minister's residence on a hill overlooking the capital.

In a brief speech, he rejected criticism that he would be a divisive leader and took a swipe at Musharraf.

"To those who would say that the People's Party or the presidency would be controversial under our guardianship, under our stewardship, I would say listen to democracy," he said.

Echoing one of Bhutto's favorite slogans, he called democracy "the best revenge" against military rulers.

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