“The party of the assassinated Pakistani politician, Benazir Bhutto, is pushing hard for her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, to become the country’s next president. This comes in the wake of Monday’s resignation of General Pervez Musharraf from the post. … The rise of the controversial Mr Zardari is testimony to the continuing power of dynastic politics in South Asia. But his main coalition partner, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of his wife’s long time rival Nawaz Sharif, may not back him. It is thought to want a candidate from one of the two smaller provinces for the presidential post, which may have less power than it did under Mr Musharraf.” (08/21/08)