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The present study analyzes the speech of the former Pakistani president Mr. Asif Ali Zardari that was delivered at the UN general Assembly meeting in September 2012. The main objective of the study is to find out power relations and hegemony in the global political context through interdiscursive analysis of the speech. The researcher has used Fairclough’s (1992) concept of intertextuality and hegemony as theoretical base of the study. The study finds that Zardari struggles to construct, sustain and fracture power relations through interdiscursive references. He intensifies and de-intensifies certain ideologies through mixing of discourses, genres and styles. His discourse unveils his subordinate position in the international political order. The study exposes his struggle to establish a positive image of himself in the context of internal as well as international politics. This struggle is aimed at winning a power position in the internal as well as international politics.

Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Interdiscursivity, Hegemony, Political Discourse, Ideologies.