Pakistan's oldest private sector news agency, the United Press of Pakistan (UPP) had predicted a George Bush victory in the US Presidential elections as early as October 28, 2004 based on the prediction by Pakistani astrologer Akhtar Jameel. The prediction was made on the basis of Zodiac signs and the movement of stars that George Bush would win the Presidential elections of 2004.
The report was published in an English daily of Karachi. Astrologer Akhtar Jameel had earlier predicted the victory of Richard Nixon for Presidency and for the victory of Ronald Reagan in 1980 US Presidential elections.