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Member of the 15th National Assembly of Pakistan (2018–2023); President of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (since 27 December 2015); President of Pakistan (2008–2013); Senator."},{"q":"Where did Asif Ali Zardari study?","a":"Asif Ali Zardari was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi, Cadet College Petaro."}],"related":[{"name":"Muhammad Mian Soomro","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-mian-soomro"},{"name":"Pervez Musharraf","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pervez-musharraf"},{"name":"Rafiq Tarar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rafiq-tarar"},{"name":"Zulfikar Ali Bhutto","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/zulfikar-ali-bhutto"},{"name":"Iskander Mirza","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/iskander-mirza"},{"name":"Ayub Khan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ayub-khan"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/asif-ali-zardari-2d33149176.jpg","width":500,"height":632,"license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asif_Ali_Zardari_-_2024_(cropped_2).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Asif Ali Zardari","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): आसिफ अली जरदारी","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AB_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q57373","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57373","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Asif Ali Zardari - 2024 (cropped 2).jpg by Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CC BY 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asif_Ali_Zardari_-_2024_(cropped_2).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Asif Ali Zardari, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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