At the inauguration on 9 September 2008 , Afghan President Hamid Karzai was a guest of honour , which was a signal for much closer cooperation between the two nations in addressing the tribal insurgency along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border . After the election , Zardari promised to approve the constitutional provision that removed the President 's power to dismiss Parliament , but public scepticism remained on whether he would actually carry out his promise . His economic competence was questioned after allegations that he had raised grain procurement prices through inflationary subsidies and scrapped the capital gains tax . His first parliamentary speech was overshadowed by 20 September Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing . A few days later , he went to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on his first overseas trip as President
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
Asif Ali Zardari