Pakistan presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari 'suffering from severe mental problems'

[emad]

Source: telegraph

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto and himself a leading contender for the country's presidency, was suffering from severe mental illness as recently as last year, it has been reported.

Mr Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan People's Party, was diagnosed with a range of psychiatric illnesses, including dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The illnesses were said to be linked to the fact that he has spent 11 of the past 20 years in Pakistani prisons fighting charges of corruption. He claims to have been tortured during his incarceration.

In March 2007 New York psychiatrist Philip Saltiel found that Mr Zardari's time in detention left him with severe "emotional instability", memory loss and concentration problems, according to court documents seen by the Financial Times.

"I do not see any improvement in these issues for at least a year," he wrote.


Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2622123/Pakistan-presidential-candidate-Asif-Ali-Zardari-suffering-from-severe-mental-problems.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. McLoon's got some of the same shit going on, nobody seems worried here.

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

2. Dare I draw a comparison to someone running here?

At least Mr. Zardari is being talked about.

:yoiks:

[asjr]

3. Mr Zardari obviously suffers from PTSD. Hope

he gets better care in Pakistan than our people get here.

[L. Coyote]

5. If not from covert chemical attacks!

One of the techniques in the black ops toolkit is to assault opposition with drugs which produce these symptoms! The technique is effective, in part, because there is such a low awareness of the method and because the drug dosage is low and sustained over time, instead of massive.

Anything that will keep a person from sleeping for several days in a row will produce mental problems. That does not mean the person has a mental disorder.

[ensho]

4. I would think he was still grieving his wife's murder

wishing him well

[Submariner]

6. Mental problems and an arsenal of nuclear weapons

Hmmm....that sounds like trouble.

[emad]

7. Mental problems and an arsenal of nuclear weapons: like Bush

Poodle and Gordon Brown, who was dubbed 'psychologically flawed' by the Brit media many years ago...

[Ian David]

8. All he has to do is say, "Noun, Verb, POW" and he can be McCain's Vice President. n/t