Bhutto’s Husband Joins Pakistan Cabinet
The husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, jailed for the last two years on murder charges, was sworn in Thursday as one of 17 new ministers in Pakistan’s 5-day-old caretaker government that will govern until July 14 elections.
Asif Ali Zardari, 39, took the oath of office just two months after he was released on bail by a special anti-terrorist court.
Interim Prime Minister Balkh Sher Mazari was appointed Sunday after President Ghulam Ishaq Khan pushed out Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for alleged corruption, nepotism and terrorizing his opponents.
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