:::Life in pictures: Benazir Bhutto:::

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Benazir Bhutto was part of a political dynasty. Here she is with India's foreign minister in 1972 in Simla, where her father, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, met India's Indira Gandhi.

Ms Bhutto in 1977, shortly after completing her education at Oxford University. Born in 1953 in the province of Sindh, she also attended Harvard.


Ms Bhutto was Pakistan's prime minister twice. The first term of office between 1988 and 1990 coincided with the latter years of UK PM Margaret Thatcher's rule.


During both her stints in power, the role of Ms Bhutto's husband, Asif Zardari, proved highly controversial as he was accused of stealing state funds - charges he denied.


Benazir Bhutto in 1991 during the rule of arch-rival Nawaz Sharif. She had been dismissed in 1990 on charges of corruption but was never tried.


Ms Bhutto was re-elected in 1993 and served as prime minister until 1996, again being dismissed for alleged corruption.



She remained in Pakistan until 1999 but then left to live abroad as questions remained about her and her husband's wealth.

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Ms Bhutto lived in self-imposed exile after Pervez Musharraf assumed power in 1999. But she always planned to return - here meeting Nawaz Sharif in London in 2006.



Finally, in October 2007, she boarded a flight from Dubai to Pakistan to take on the presidency of General Musharraf.

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Shortly after, she survived bomb attacks on her convoy in the southern city of Karachi that killed more than 100 people.



But Ms Bhutto said she would not be cowed and continued to campaign for the restoration of democracy and, some say, a third term as prime minister.

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Name :
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto

Nick Name :
Pinky

Date of Birth :
21 June 1953

Birth Place
Karachi, Pakistan

Nationality :
Pakistani
Height
Religion :
Sunni Islam
Mother tongue:
Urdu
Political party
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
Family
Father : Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Former Prime Minister)

Mother : Begum Nusrat Bhutto (former Member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan)

Brothers :
Shah Nawaz and Mir Murtaza
Husband :
Asif Ali Zardari
Children :
Bilawal, Bakhtwar and Aseefa
Education
Schools : Lady Jennings Nursery School, Convent of Jesus and Mary and Rawalpindi Presentation Convent.
College : Degree in Political Science from Harvard University's Radcliffe College, US
Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, UK
Post graduate Diploma in International Law from Oxford University, UK
Marriage Date 18 December, 1987

Political timeline
* 1976 - Entered politics as her father's political advisor

* 1977 - Placed under house arrest

* 1979 - Became the leader of PPP but was imprisoned just before her father's death and spent the term in solitary confinement.

* 1984 - Left the country and went to UK for medical treatment. There along with her 2 brothers founded an underground organization to resist the military dictatorship in Pakistan.

* 1985 - Returned to Pakistan briefly for her younger brother's burial.

* 1986 - Came back to Pakistan and attended mammoth rallies. Was elected as co-chairwomen of the PPP along with her mother and later as the leader of the party succeeding her mother.

* 1988 - Contested the elections and became the prime minister of Pakistan and also hosted the fourth S. A. A. R. C. Summit

* 1990 - President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed Bhutto's government, citing corruption and a failure to control ethnic violence.

* 1993 - Re-elected as Prime Minster in 1993.

* 1996 - President Farooq Leghari dismissed Bhutto's second administration amid accusations of nepotism and undermining the justice system.

* 1997 - Lost the elections and went into exile to Dubai along with her children. Her husband was imprisoned.

* 1999 - A court found her guilty of corruption while she was out of the country. The conviction was later quashed, but she remained in exile.

* 2004 - After having several talks with President Pervez Musharraf she secured the release of her husband and frozen funds.

* 2007 - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf signed a corruption amnesty covering other cases against her, opening the way for her return and a possible power-sharing agreement.

* Arrived back October 18. Escaped an assassination attempt.
Family tragedies

* Father - April 4, 1979,Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged for the murder of Nawab Mohammad Ahmad Khan.

* Shahnawaz (brother) - was found dead in his French Riviera apartment in 1985.

* Murtaza (brother) - Won elections from exile in 1993 and became a provincial legislator, and was shot dead under mysterious circumstances in 1996. There is a rumour that her husband Zardari was involved in it.

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In 1997, Bhutto married Asif Ali Zardari, a member of the National Assembly. He would serve as Environment Minister during Bhutto's second premiership.

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In recent years, Pakistanis opposed to the leadership of President Pervez Musharraf have looked to Bhutto as a possible successor.

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Besides Everything ...

Is may koi shak nhin k wo Aik Achhi perhi likhi khatoon Aur politicians theen :)

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Powerful Figure
Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state. She was twice elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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University Days
After obtaining a degree at Harvard in the United States, Bhutto (right) completed a course in International Law and Diplomacy at Oxford in England 1977, around the time this photo was taken.

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Legacy
Bhutto's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (shaking hands with Indira Gandhi in this 1972 photo; Benazir is to his left), was also Prime Minister of Pakistan. In 1977, however, he was charged with conspiracy to murder a rival, then imprisoned and executed.

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Triumphant Return
In the wake of her father's execution, Bhutto took over the leadership of his party, the Pakistan Peoples Party. In 1988, she was permitted to return to Pakistan from England where she had been waiting in exile.