- Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Infobox Politician
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name =Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
بلاول بھٹو زرداری
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office =Chairman of thePakistan Peoples Party
term_start =30 December 2007
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alongside =Asif Ali Zardari
predecessor =Benazir Bhutto
successor =Incumbent
birth_date =birth date and age|1988|09|21|df=y
birth_place =Karachi
death_date =
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nationality =Pakistan i
party =Pakistan Peoples Party
spouse =
relations =Benazir Bhutto (mother)Asif Ali Zardari (father)Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (grandfather)
children =
residence =Karachi ,Pakistan Oxford ,United Kingdom Dubai ,United Arab Emirates
alma_mater =Rashid School For Boys
Christ Church, Oxford
occupation =Student
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religion =Islam
website = [http://www.ppp.org.pk/ PPP website]
footnotes =Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ( _ur. بلاول بھٹو زرداری) (born
21 September 1988 ) is co-chairman of thePakistan Peoples Party , and the eldest child and only son of the latePakistan i politician and former Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto and her husbandAsif Ali Zardari , thePresident of Pakistan . Chairman Bhutto Zardari is also the grandson ofZulfikar Ali Bhutto , the first popularly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and father of Benazir Bhutto, who held the distinction of being the first female head of government of any Islamic country. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2004/08/27/nat5.htm Family victim of delayed justice, says Bilawal] by Shamim-ur-Rahman. (DAWN)August 08 2004 ]Education
Initially studying at
Karachi Grammar School Fact|date=January 2008 during his mother’s second term in office as Prime Minister, Bilawal attended Froebels International School in Islamabad Pakistan. [cite news |title=PPP chairman Bilawal leaves for Oxford|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14582900|publisher=Sify News |accessdate=2008-01-08] He later attendedRashid School For Boys inDubai , where he was Vice President of the student council. [ [http://www.rsbdubai.sch.ae/school/student-council/minutes/2005-12-13-minutes.html Rashid School for Boys Student Council Minutes]December 13 2005 ] He is also a black belt inTaekwondo . [cite news |title=Benazir's son regrets he couldn't play cricket |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Benazirs_son_regrets_he_couldnt_play_cricket/articleshow/2662337.cms |publisher=The Times of India |date=2007-12-30 |accessdate=2007-12-30] He is currently studying history at Christ Church, one of the colleges ofUniversity of Oxford .cite news |title=Profile: Bilawal Bhutto|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7165052.stm|publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2007-12-30] [cite news |title=Security assessment for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/01/wbhutto201.xml|publisher= The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=2008-01-01] [cite news |title=Opposition Parties Vow to Proceed With Jan. 8 Election
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/asia/31pakistan.html|publisher= The New York Times |accessdate=2008-01-01] His mother was a graduate of the same university. [ [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071229/jsp/frontpage/story_8722579.jsp Speculation over which Bhutto will pick up the baton ] by Nasir JaffryThe Telegraph (Kolkata) December 29 2007 ] When he found out about his mother's assassination he was at the family home inDubai for the winter break from university. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=504861&in_page_id=1811 'My heart is broken' grieves Bhutto's husband as last UK MP to contact her reflects]Daily Mail 28 December 2007 ]Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party
Bilawal was appointed chairman of the
Pakistan Peoples Party on30 December 2007 . [cite news |title=Bhutto's Son Given Top Party Job |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1298715,00.html|publisher=Sky News |accessdate=2007-12-30] [cite news |title=Bhutto's son enters the spotlight |publisher=CBS News |date=2007-12-31 |url=http://www.webcastr.com/videos/news/bhuttos-son-enters-spotlight.html] 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. [cite news |title=Son to head Bhutto's party |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8FE9DB67-DCA5-42A0-AD4C-8A3760CA1128.htm |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=2007-12-30 |accessdate=2007-12-30] Asif will be co-chairman. [cite news |title=Bhutto's son, husband to be co-leaders of party |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-31174520071230 |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=2007-12-30] 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". [cite news |title=My mother said democracy is best revenge - Bhutto son|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,,2233633,00.html|publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=2007-12-31]Future
Bilawal intends to complete his studies at Oxford before returning to lead the party full-time. [cite news |title=Key party role for Bhutto's son |url=http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jyLlVu7eOZvgLqAyvCg1uo4rkSaw |publisher=The Press Association |date=2007-12-30 |accessdate=2007-12-30] It had been estimated that Bilawal's security at Oxford will cost at least one million pounds each year. [ cite news |title=Bilawal's security to cost Britain 1 million pounds|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jan/14bhutto.htm|publisher=
Rediff |date=2008-01-14|accessdate=2008-01-16] He returned to Pakistan in September 2008 to witness his father sworn in as President of Pakistan. [cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/2710399/Benazir-Bhuttos-widower-Asif-Ali-Zardari-sworn-in-as-Pakistan-president.html|title=Benazir Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan president |last=Wilkinson|first=Isambard|date=2008-09-09|work=The Telegraph |accessdate=2008-09-23]ee also
*
Benazir Bhutto
*Asif Ali Zardari
*Pakistan Peoples Party References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7165052.stm BBC News Profile: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari]
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