Asif Zardari among 2008 prominent personalities

People Who Mattered Most in 2008 (Time Magazine)

Asif Ali Zardari

Pakistan's unfavored son ended last year by burying his slain wife Benazir Bhutto. He ends 2008 as the President of a nuclear-armed nation threatened by Islamic militancy and on the verge of economic collapse. Allegations of corruption against Zardari led in part to Bhutto's removal from power in the 1990s. But when she returned from exile, ready to lead her nation back to democracy after nearly a decade of military rule, Zardari was beside her. He often repeats Bhutto's favorite line, that democracy is the best revenge. In Pakistan, though, it might take more than that.

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Asif Zardardi among 2008 prominent personalities WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardar among the top 20 personalities of year 2008.

US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown are also included in the list of US Time magazine.

Time magazine has given its annual Person of the Year award to US President Barack Obama.

About Asif Zardari, the magazine stated Zardari ended last year by burying his slain wife Benazir Bhutto. He ends 2008 as the President of a nuclear-armed nation threatened by Islamic militancy and on the verge of economic collapse.

Allegations of corruption against Zardari led in part to Bhutto's removal from power in the 1990s. But when she returned from exile, ready to lead her nation back to democracy after nearly a decade of military rule, Zardari was beside her. He often repeats Bhutto's favorite line, that democracy is the best revenge. In Pakistan, though, it might take more than that.