Pakistan's new President Zardari under pressure

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Updated September 8, 2008 10:31:38

He was known as Mr 10 percent but - for now at least - he is Mr two-thirds majority. On Saturday the widow of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, became Pakistan's new president, following parliamentary elections. He is already under pressure to tackle militant violence after a suicide blast in the northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday killed 35 people. Pakistan's economy is also in trouble and it's unclear how the army will react to the country's new leader.

Presenter: Linda LoPresti
Speaker: ABC Correspondent Michael Coggin, Islamabad

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