Published 09 Apr, 2013 08:42pm
| PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN AND FORMER CO-CHAIRMAN OF PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY |
| Was a Federal Minister |
mid-1990s |
| Was a Member of Senate. |
| Released on bail from prison after eight years |
2004 |
| Returned to Pakistan after his wife’s (Benazir Bhutto) assassination |
December 2007 |
| Elected as the country’s president, replacing General (retd) Pervez Musharraf |
September 2008 |
| Resigned from the position of PPP's co-chief |
March 2013 |
| Launched the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). |
| His government initiated the Aghaz-i-Huqooq-i-Balochistan package. |
| His government managed to forge a consensus for the seventh National Finance Corporation (NFC) award. |
| With the approval of the 18th Amendment, he surrendered the president’s power to dissolve Parliament. |
| Signed two bills seeking stricter punishments for a number of crimes against women into laws |
December 2011 |