How It's Used

“For his part, Ms. Bhutto’s husband, Mr. Zardari, became popularly known in Pakistan as ‘Mr. 10 Percent’ for his role as an intermediary in government deals. He amassed great wealth while his wife was Prime Minister, buying lavish jewelry and a 355-acre estate in Britain with what prosecutors say was his and his wife’s ill-gotten gains.”

—Celia W. Dugger, “Pakistan Sentences Bhutto to 5 Years for Corruption:  The ex-Prime Minister and her husband are fined $8.6 million,” The New York Times, April 16, 1999, p. A4.

"Zardari was convicted in April last year. As Minister of Investment in his wife's Government during the mid-1990s he was widely known as Mr Ten Per Cent and allegedly had a reputation for taking bribes on government contracts. He was arrested in 1996 after the fall of Ms Bhutto's Government."

—Stephen Farrell and Zahid Hussain, "Britain to supply files on Bhutto assets," The Times (UK), September 27, 2000.

"To his political enemies, Asif Ali Zardari is known as Mr Ten Per Cent - a reference to his alleged fondness for commissions on business deals, writes Nick Hopkins.

"To his supporters, he is the victim of a military regime's determination to banish Benazir Bhutto from Pakistan forever."

—no author, "In and out of prison and politics - Mr Ten Per Cent," The Guardian (UK), August 31, 2001.

"Gradually he carved out an influential position for himself under his wife's two tenures in power, under which a reputation for kickbacks flourished to the point that he won the nickname 'Mr Ten Percent.'"

—no author, "Bhutto's husband: from villain to political hero," Agence France Presse, November 23, 2004.

"The late Ms. Bhutto inherited the party from her father, its founder, former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and so considered it personal chattel. She bequeathed the leadership upon her death to her husband, Asif Ali Zardari – a highly controversial figure who served 11 years in jail on corruption charges and has been nicknamed 'Mr. Ten Per Cent' for his purported share of the take."

—unsigned editorial, "The party stays in the family," The Globe and Mail, January 1, 2008.

Also Known As (AKA)

Mr. Ten Per Cent, Mr. 10 Percent, Mr. 10%

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Wikipedia article on Asif Ali Zardari
BBC profile of Asif Ali Zardari