Zardari’s five challenges

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Zardari’s five challenges

By Khalid Hasan

WASHINGTON: There are five challenges that the new President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari will face, namely militancy, the economy, democracy, India and his own personal safety.

According to an Associated Press assessment, President Zardari will have to respond to Western pressure to crack down on Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in Pakistan and Afghanistan, motivate donors to top up the country’s foreign currency reserves and prevent a run on the rupee, deal with demands to release Dr AQ Khan, face pressures to resign as co-chair of the Pakistan People’s Party and restore the parliament’s powers and continue the peace process with India.


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