Asif Ali Zardari

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
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Year Convicted:	1999
Year Cleared:	2001
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Zardari, Asif Ali was co-defendant of his wife Benazir Bhutto. They were wrongly convicted of corruption while Bhutto wife was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1993-1996. The Supreme Court "found that “bias is floating on the surface of the record” and accused trial Judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum of accepting favours from the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to produce the guilty verdict." ('Benazir confident of winning ‘fair’ poll, Karachi, April 23, 2001)."
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Innocence Proved By:	Pakistan's Supreme Court reversed conviction.
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Benazir confident of winning ‘fair’ poll, Karachi, April 23, 2001"
Information Location 1:	http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010424/world.htm
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Asif Ali Zardari

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1999

Year Cleared:

2001

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

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Innocence Proved By:

Pakistan's Supreme Court reversed conviction.

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Male

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"Benazir confident of winning ‘fair’ poll, Karachi, April 23, 2001"

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010424/world.htm

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