Nusrat Bhutto
Nusrat Bhutto | |
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| Born | September 21, 1929 |
| Political party | Pakistan People's Party |
| Spouse | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Children | Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) Murtaza Bhutto (1954-1996) Sanam Bhutto (1956) Shahnawaz Bhutto (1958-1985) |
Begum Nusrat Bhutto (Sindhi: بیگم نصرت ڀھٽو, Urdu: بیگم نصرت بھٹو) (born September 21, 1929 is the former First Lady and Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan,[1] widow of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of the late Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairwoman and former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Background
Begum Nusrat Ispahani is Kurdish Iranian from Kurdistan Province, Iran by heritage,[1] and daughter of a wealthy Iranian businessman who settled in Karachi, Pakistan before its partition.[1] Nusrat met Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Karachi where they got married on September 8, 1951.[2] She was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's second marriage, and they had four children together.
Family and Career
As first lady from 1973-1977,[1] Nusrat Bhutto functioned as a political hostess and accompanied her husband on a number of overseas visits. In 1979, after the trial and execution of her husband, she and her daughters were imprisoned and put under house arrest by the new regime of Zia-ul-Haq. However, due to health concerns she was later permitted to leave the country for London, where she was later joined by her daughters Benazir and Sanam. She became leader of the People's Party of Pakistan during her London exile and although she was chairman of the party for life, her daughter Benazir Bhutto later replaced her in the post.
After returning to Pakistan in the late 1980s, she served several terms as a Member of Parliament to the National Assembly from the family constituency of Larkana in Sindh. Also, during the administrations of her daughter Benazir, she became a cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister. In the 1990s, she and Benazir became estranged when Nusrat took the side of her son Murtaza during a family dispute, but later reconciled after Murtaza's murder.
She currently resides with her daughter's family in Dubai, and suffers from the combined effects of a stroke and Alzheimer's Disease.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Begum Nusrat Bhutto
- ^ About Bhutto Bhutto.org
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