ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, September 09, SPA -- Asif Ali Zardari took office as the country's new president Tuesday. Pakistan's top judge swore in Asif Ali Zardari at a brief ceremony in the presidential palace recently vacated by Pervez Musharraf, who resigned under pressure last month, according to a report of the Associated Press. The inauguration of Zardari, 53, completes Pakistan's return to civilian rule nearly nine years after then-army Chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized power.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/588627