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FINAL <strong>POWER</strong> 100 <strong>BOOK</strong> 2.59 TUE_Layout 1 14/02/2017 13:55 Page 83<br />
BILAWAL BHUTTO ZARDARI<br />
Politics<br />
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was born on 21<br />
September 1988. he is the son of asif<br />
ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto. he<br />
was three months old when his<br />
mother first became prime minister.<br />
Bilawal was admitted in the<br />
prestigious aitichison college lahore,<br />
but due to some security problems he<br />
could not continue. instead he went to<br />
karachi Grammar School during his<br />
mother’s second term in office as<br />
prime minister. he also attended<br />
froebel’s international School in<br />
islamabad. he left pakistan with his<br />
mother in april 1999.<br />
he spent his childhood in dubai and<br />
london during his family’s self-exile.<br />
he later attended rashid School for<br />
Boys in dubai, where he was Vice<br />
president of the student council. he<br />
has a black belt in taekwondo but<br />
regrets he could not play cricket<br />
because of his family circumstances.<br />
Bilawal matriculated at christ<br />
church, a constituent college of the<br />
University of oxford, in mid-2007, to<br />
study modern history, studying British<br />
history before transitioning to general<br />
history. Benazir also enrolled him in<br />
the oxford Union debating society. in<br />
december 2007, he returned to<br />
pakistan after Benazir was<br />
assassinated. he also returned to<br />
pakistan in September 2008 to witness<br />
Bilawal was appointed<br />
chairman of the PPP<br />
on 30 December 2007.<br />
Asif Zardari also<br />
announced Bilawal’s<br />
name change from<br />
“Bilawal Zardari” to<br />
“Bilawal Bhutto<br />
Zardari”<br />
his father sworn in as president of<br />
pakistan. Bilawal completed his<br />
studies in June 2010.<br />
after the assassination of Benazir<br />
Bhutto, Benazir’s political will<br />
declared asif ali Zardari as Benazir’s<br />
successor for party leadership.<br />
however, Bilawal became chairman<br />
of the pakistan peoples party because<br />
Zardari favoured Bilawal to represent<br />
Bhutto’s legacy in part to avoid<br />
division within the party due to<br />
Zardari’s own unpopularity. Zardari<br />
planned to act as co-chairman of the<br />
ppp for at least three years until<br />
Bilawal completed his studies<br />
overseas.<br />
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