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Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhuto
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Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of
Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977. He was the
founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the largest and most influential
political party in Pakistan. His daughter Benazir Bhutto also served twice as
prime minister; she was assassinated on December 27, 2007.
Educated at
the University of California at Berkeley in the United States and University of
Oxford in the United Kingdom, Bhutto was noted for his stagnating economic
initiatives and repressive internal policies. He was executed in 1979 by the
Supreme Court of Pakistan for authorizing the murder of a political opponent,in
a move that was done under the directives of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. |
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Early life
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was born to Khursheed Begum née Lakhi Bai
and Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto of a prominent Shia Muslim family ( as written in
Benazir's book: Reconciliation). His father Shahnawaz Bhutto was born into a
Bhutto clan. Bhutto was the son of a prominent political figure in the Indian
colonial government. Zulfikar was born in his parent's residence near Larkana in
what later became the province of Sindh. He was their third child — their first
one, Sikandar Ali, died from pneumonia at age seven in 1914 and the second
child, Imdad Ali, died of cirrhosis at the age of 39 in 1953. His father was a
wealthy landlord, a zamindar, and a prominent politician in Sindh, who enjoyed
an influential relationship with the officials of the British Raj. As a young
boy, Bhutto moved to Worli Seaface in Bombay (now Mumbai) to study at the
Cathedral and John Connon School. During this period, he also became a student
activist in the League's Pakistan Movement. In 1943, his marriage was arranged
with Shireen Amir Begum (died January 19, 2003 in Karachi). He later left her,
however, in order to remarry. |
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Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto
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- Born June 21, 1953, in Karachi,
Pakistan
- Daughter of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (a
political leader and former Prime Minister) and Nusrat Bhutto (former Member of
Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan)
- Married, December 18, 1987 to Asif Ali Zardari (in
business, twice elected Member of National Assembly and
Senate)
- Children: Bilawal, Bakhtwar and
Aseefa
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EDUCATION
Radcliffe College, Harvard
University, B.A., 1973;
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, B.A.,
1976;
Graduate study at Oxford in Foreign Service, 1976-77.
CAREER
Political activist with the Pakistan
Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan, 1977-84; repeatedly imprisoned and kept under
house arrest by the Pakistani government; political exile in London, England,
1984-86; returned to Pakistan in April, 1986; Pakistan Peoples Party, Karachi,
Pakistan co-chair, beginning in 1986; After elections held November 1988,
invited to form the government, became Prime Minister in 1988 but her government
was illegally dismissed in August 1990. She again came to power after her party
won a majority in elections held in October 1993. Her government was once again
dismissed illegally in November 1996.
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| Asif Ali ZardariPPP Co-Chairman Senator Senator Asif Ali Zardari was born on July 26, 1955 in a
prominent Baloch family from Sindh. He is the son of veteran politician Mr.
Hakim Ali Zardari. On his maternal side he is the great-grandson of Khan Bahadur
Hassan Ali Effendi, the founder of the first educational institution for Muslims
in Sindh. The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was among
the prominent students to graduate from the Sindh Madrasa. |
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Mr Zardari received his primary education at the Karachi Grammar School and
his secondary education at Cadet College Petaro.
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He pursued his further
education in London where he studied Business.
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Mr. Zardari's political career spans two decades spent working closely with
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. During this period he helped formulate policies that
expanded the freedom of the media, revolutionized telecommunications and opened
Pakistan for foreign direct investment. During Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's
first term in office CNN and BBC were allowed broadcasting rights in Pakistan
and mobile telephone services introduced at Mr Zardari's initiative. During her
second term in office, in addition to the independent power producers (IPPs)
being allowed in, Mr Zardari encouraged the introduction of FM radio in the
private sector.
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (born 21 September 1988) is the chairman of the Pakistan
Peoples Party, and the eldest child of the late Pakistani politician and former
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, the current
President of Pakistan. Chairman Bhutto Zardari is also the grandson of Zulfikar
Ali Bhutto, the first popularly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and father of
Benazir Bhutto, who held the distinction of being the first female elected head
of government of any Islamic country.
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Initially studying at Karachi Grammar School[citation needed] during his
mother’s second term in office as Prime Minister, Bilawal attended Froebels
International School in Islamabad Pakistan. He later attended Rashid School For
Boys in Dubai, where he was Vice President of the student council. He is also a
black belt in Taekwondo.He is currently studying history at Christ Church, one
of the colleges of University of Oxford.His mother was a graduate of the same
university.
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When he found out about his mother's assassination he was at the family home
in Dubai for the winter break from university.
Bilawal was appointed
chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party on 30 December 2007. His father, Asif Ali
Zardari, had been named the new chairman in Benazir Bhutto's will, but he asked
for his son to be appointed instead. Asif will be co-chairman. In the same press
conference Asif also announced that Bilawal would henceforth use the name
"Bilawal Bhutto Zardari", whereas he was previously known as "Bilawal
Zardari".
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