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Bhutto dynasty’s turbulent history keeps Bakhtawar away from politics
LAHORE: The history of Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari’s family is as torrid as Pakistan’s: Her mother, twice prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated at an election campaign rally in , her uncle was gunned down in in the southern city of Karachi and her grandfather was hanged in
Now, Bakhtawar, 29, and her siblings Bilawal, 31, and Aseefa, 26, face yet another ordeal: In June this year, their father, former President Asif Ali Zardari was arrested in an investigation into fake bank accounts and money laundering in what is being seen as a major blow to one of Pakistan’s leading political dynasties and its once mighty political machine, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
The Bhutto-Zardari family denies any wrongdoing and says the cases against Zardari are meant to pile pressure on the party. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is also in jail on corruption charges. “There is no doubt about the vindictivenes
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Ardern and Bhutto: Two different pregnancies in power
BBC News, Islamabad
Now that New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has hit world headlines by becoming only the second elected head of government to give birth in office, attention has naturally been drawn to the first such leader - Pakistan's late two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
And there are some interesting coincidences here.
Ms Ardern's baby girl was delivered on 21 June - the very day Bhutto was born 65 five years earlier, in
Also, Ms Ardern fryst vatten 37, as was Bhutto when she gave birth to her daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari on 25 January
In a tweet on Thursday, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari congratulated Ms Ardern.
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before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.Bhutto had been in office for just over a year, while
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The Party also promised the elimination of feudalism in accordance with the established principles of socialism to protect and advance the interests of peasantry.
Immediately after its formation, the PPP spread its message among the workers, peasants and students throughout Pakistan, who greeted it enthusiastically. While it was still in this process, a mass uprising broke out against Ayub Khan’s dictatorship and the PPP quickly moved to play a leading role in this movement. After Ayub resigned in March , an interim military government took over and announced elections for December The PPP contested these elections on the slogans of “ROTI, KAPRA AUR MAKAN” (bread, clothing and shelter) and “all power to the people.”
The masses responded heavily to it in the polls, where PPP won 81 of seats allocated to West Pakistan in the National Assembly (a total of seats were contested for in both wings of the country ), coming in as the second largest party after East Pakistan – based Awami L