Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 
30 December 2007
Serving with Asif Ali Zardari
Preceded by Benazir Bhutto
Born 21 September 1988 (1988-09-21) (age 21)
Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Peoples Party
Relations Benazir Bhutto (mother)
Asif Ali Zardari (father)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (grandfather)
Murtaza Bhutto (uncle)
Residence Karachi, Pakistan
Oxford, United Kingdom
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Alma mater Rashid School For Boys
Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation Student
Religion Islam
Website PPP website

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Sindhi: بلاول ڀٽو زرداری, Urdu: بلاول بھٹو زرداری, 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.[1] Bilawal Bhutto Zardari belongs to a Sindhi family.

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[edit] Education

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.[2] He later attended Rashid School For Boys in Dubai, where he was Vice President of the student council.[3] He is also a black belt in Taekwondo.[4] He is currently studying history at Christ Church, one of the colleges of University of Oxford.[5][6][7] His mother was a graduate of the same university.[8] When he found out about his mother's assassination he was at the family home in Dubai for the winter break from university.[9]

[edit] Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party

Bilawal was appointed chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party on 30 December 2007.[10][11] 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.[12] Asif will be co-chairman.[13] 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".[14]

[edit] Future

Bilawal intends to complete his studies at Oxford before returning to lead the party full-time.[15] It had been estimated that Bilawal's security at Oxford will cost at least one million pounds each year.[16] He returned to Pakistan in September 2008 to witness his father sworn in as President of Pakistan.[17]

[edit] Land purchase

Recently a land purchase agreement has come to light, in which Bilawal and his father Asif Ali Zardari bought prime land in Islamabad worth 2 billion rupees for only 62 million rupees.[18] This has been taken very seriously in the parliament by the opposition, especially PML(N), who submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat against President Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Zardari.[19]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Family victim of delayed justice, says Bilawal by Shamim-ur-Rahman. (DAWN) 8 August 2004
  2. ^ "PPP chairman Bilawal leaves for Oxford". Sify News. http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14582900. Retrieved 2008-01-08. 
  3. ^ Rashid School for Boys Student Council Minutes 13 December 2005
  4. ^ "Benazir's son regrets he couldn't play cricket". The Times of India. 2007-12-30. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Benazirs_son_regrets_he_couldnt_play_cricket/articleshow/2662337.cms. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  5. ^ "Profile: Bilawal Bhutto". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7165052.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  6. ^ "Security assessment for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/01/wbhutto201.xml. Retrieved 2008-01-01. 
  7. ^ "Opposition Parties Vow to Proceed With Jan. 8 Election". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/asia/31pakistan.html. Retrieved 2008-01-01. 
  8. ^ Speculation over which Bhutto will pick up the baton by Nasir Jaffry The Telegraph (Kolkata) 29 December 2007
  9. ^ 'My heart is broken' grieves Bhutto's husband as last UK MP to contact her reflects Daily Mail 28 December 2007
  10. ^ "Bhutto's Son Given Top Party Job". Sky News. http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1298715,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  11. ^ "Bhutto's son enters the spotlight". CBS News. 2007-12-31. http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/bhuttos-son-enters-spotlight.html. 
  12. ^ "Son to head Bhutto's party". Al Jazeera English. 2007-12-30. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8FE9DB67-DCA5-42A0-AD4C-8A3760CA1128.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  13. ^ "Bhutto's son, husband to be co-leaders of party". Reuters. http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-31174520071230. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  14. ^ "My mother said democracy is best revenge - Bhutto son". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2233633,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-31. 
  15. ^ "Key party role for Bhutto's son". The Press Association. 2007-12-30. http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyLlVu7eOZvgLqAyvCg1uo4rkSaw. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  16. ^ "Bilawal's security to cost Britain 1 million pounds". Rediff. 2008-01-14. http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jan/14bhutto.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 
  17. ^ Wilkinson, Isambard (2008-09-09). "Benazir Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan president". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2710399/Benazir-Bhuttos-widower-Asif-Ali-Zardari-sworn-in-as-Pakistan-president.html. Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
  18. ^ "Zardari, son buy 300 acres of prime land in Islamabad". The Peninsula. http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=November2009&file=World_News2009110485949.xml. Retrieved 2009-11-04. 
  19. ^ "PML-N NA motion on Zardari’s land purchase". Pakistan Observer. http://pakobserver.net/200911/06/news/topstories16.asp. Retrieved 2009-11-06. 
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Party political offices
Preceded by
Benazir Bhutto		 Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party
2007–present
With Asif Ali Zardari		 Incumbent
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