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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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