who is president of pakistan 2012?
Asif Ali Zardari
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 Asif Ali Zardari ( Urdu : آصف علی زرداری ) Sindhi : آصف علي زرداري ) ; born 26 July 1955 ) is a Pakistani politician and current co @-@ chairperson of Pakistan People 's Party . He served as the 11th President of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 . 

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 Towards the end of his term , Zardari recorded abysmally low approval ratings , ranging from 11 to 14 % . After the PPP was heavily defeated in the 2013 general election , Zardari became the country 's first elected president to complete his constitutional term on 8 September 2013 . The Zardari @-@ led PPP continues to form the provincial government in Sindh . 

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 In late November 2009 , Zardari ceded to Prime Minister Gillani the chairmanship of the National Command Authority , Pakistan 's nuclear arsenal oversight agency . 

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 Pakistan 's president Asif Ali Zardari described the shooting as an attack on " civilized people " . UN Secretary @-@ General Ban Ki @-@ moon called it a " heinous and cowardly act " . United States President Barack Obama found the attack " reprehensible , disgusting and tragic " , while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Yousafzai had been " very brave in standing up for the rights of girls " and that the attackers had been " threatened by that kind of empowerment " . British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the shooting " barbaric " and that it had " shocked Pakistan and the world " . 

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 According to the Pakistani foreign ministry , the operation was conducted entirely by the U.S. forces . Pakistan Inter @-@ Services Intelligence ( ISI ) officials said they were present at what they called a joint operation ; President Asif Ali Zardari flatly denied this . Pakistan 's foreign secretary Salman Bashir later confirmed that Pakistani military had scrambled F @-@ 16s after they became aware of the attack but that they reached the compound after American helicopters had left . 
