From jail to high office: the strange journey of Asif

Asif Ali Zardari, the controversial widower of Benazir Bhutto, is poised to become Pakistan's new president today when lawmakers elect a successor to Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month under threat of impeachment. The expected result is an amazing reversal of fortune for the 53-year-old polo-loving politician, who spent more than a decade in prison on murder, corruption and other criminal charges. With the economy in crisis and Islamic militants gaining ground, analysts say that it bodes...