WHAT HE WILL HAVE TO fACE

8226;NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: As president, Zardari will chair the joint military-civilian committee that controls Pakistan8217;s nuclear weapons. He also will likely face calls for the release of Abdul Qadeer Khan and questions about whether Khan knows more about secret atom bomb projects in other countries.

8226;DEMOCRACY: The election completes Pakistan8217;s return to civilian rule nine years after Pervez Musharraf8217;s military coup, but the country could be more democratic. Zardari will be under pressure to resign as leader of his political party and return powers that Musharraf took away from Parliament. Doubts remain about the independence of the judiciary purged by Musharraf.

8226;INDIA: Recent mass protests in Kashmir have reawakened Pakistani hopes that it might one day gain control of the Himalayan territory over which the countries have twice gone to war. India accuses Pakistani spies of helping bomb its embassy in Kabul.

8226;STAYING ALIVE: Zardari has already moved into the prime minister8217;s residence because of concern for his safety. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani8217;s limousine was fired on earlier this week. Musharraf survived several assassination attempts, including suicide bombings blamed on al-Qaeda.