As president , Zardari remained a strong American ally in the war in Afghanistan , despite prevalent public disapproval of the United States following the Raymond Davis incident and the Nato attack in Salala in 2011 . Domestically , Zardari achieved the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment in 2010 , which constitutionally reduced his presidential powers . His attempt to prevent the reinstatement of Supreme Court judges failed in the face of massive protests led by his political rival Nawaz Sharif . The restored Supreme Court dismissed the PPP 's elected Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani for contempt in 2012 , after Gillani refused to write to the Government of Switzerland to reopen corruption cases against Zardari . Zardari 's tenure was also criticised for mishandling nationwide floods in 2010 , and growing terrorist violence . Following multiple bombings of Hazaras in Quetta in early 2013 , Zardari dismissed his provincial government in Balochistan
bombings of Hazaras in Quetta
January 2013 Pakistan bombings
Asif Ali Zardari