Islamabad, Sep 8 : The new President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, will have to face five major challenges posed by rising militancy, a failing economy, fledgling democracy, conflict with India, and his own personal safety.

Islamabad - A suspected US missile strike on a militant compound Monday wounded at least a dozen people in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal district close to the Afghan border, security officials and locals said.

The attack targeted the houses allegedly used by Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani in Dandai Darpakhel village located on the outskirts of Miranshah, the district's main town.

Islamabad, Sep 8 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has vowed to restore the 1973 Constitution in its original form, and said the measure would guarantee an independent judiciary and free media.

“With the election of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari as President, the democratic process in the country is complete,” Gilani told a United States congressional delegation.

Islamabad, Sep 8 : Five more sacked Pakistani judges are likely to take oath on Tuesday, leaving deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry virtually ‘isolated’, sources have said.

They said two sacked judges of the Supreme Court (SC) - Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan and Justice Nasirul Mulk - had agreed to take fresh oaths, adding that a notification in this regard would likely be issued on Monday.

Islamabad, Sep 8 : Pakistan’s new President elect Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that Parliament is Supreme and that the President is subservient to the upper and lower houses, promising to empower parliament with greater authority.

Asif Ali Zardari said his victory in the recent Presidential election was the victory of democracy, The News reported.

London, Sep 8 : Asif Ali Zardari, the newly elected Pakistan President, faces the challenge of laying a new course for the country which has witnessed rise in insurgency and the growing economic crisis.

Zardari’s election was, however, overshadowed by a car bomb attack on Saturday outside Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, in which as many as 35 people were killed.