It all depends on politicians' behaviour: a serving Gen

“I’ve given my life to the party,” he said. “The PPP’s first national convention was in my father’s house, my brothers were jailed, our people killed. Not a single minister has called me since being sworn in, and they won’t take my calls because they are afraid if they talk to me they will lose their jobs.”

He added: “Zardari is the luckiest man in the world. He got everything on a platter - the party, the government, a prime minister of his own choosing and now President. Let’s see what he does with it. The impression people have of him is not a happy one.”

“I fear a return to the politics of revenge of the 1980s and 1990s,” said Senator Mushahid Hussain, one of the two candidates who ran against Zardari for President.

“He’s (Zardari) changed,” said Information Minister Sherry Rehman. “He’s been through trial by fire both in terms of prison and his wife’s death.”

His media team are eager to portray him as what they call “a man of the federation”.