Benazir Bhutto was born to privilege and political influence.
Her grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, CIE, OBE, Dewaan of Junagadh, one of the highest ranking politicians during the British Raj; His mother was a Hindu, a “Nachne Walee (Dancer)” who never married Bhutto’s father.
A well known feudal lord and politician of a Rajput clan hailing from Larkana in Sindh province of British India, which is now part of Pakistan.
She was the eldest child of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani of Sindhi descent and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish descent. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, who came to Larkana, Sindh, before partition from his native town of Bhatto Kalan, which was situated in the Indian state of Haryana. The Bhuttos continued to thrive post-partition. Benazir's father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the Pakistani foreign minister before being elected as head of government in 1971.
With her controversial husband Asif Ali Zardari, or 'Mr Ten Per Cent' who gave her 3 kids.
Benazir Bhutto with her children: Bilawal, Bakhtawar & Asifa.
"Pinky" as Benazir was known to family and friends, was a thoroughly westernised teenager, living a life of "idyllic ease".
Though Muslim, she was educated in Pakistan by an English governess and Catholic nuns before, aged 16, being sent to study politics at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She dressed in clothes from Saks Fifth Avenue and enjoyed a lifestyle similar to that of any spoiled daughter of a wealthy foreign potentate. When Benazir graduated she went to Oxford to study international law and politics. Her ambition was to enter the Pakistani diplomatic service.
Her parties at Oxford were always well attended and liberally supplied with alcohol. Although she later denied it, Benazir loved to dance at these events, which would have been considered scandalous back home.
A contemporary recalls: Her Oxford lifestyle was almost a parody of the rich Islamic girl released from the constraints of a rigid Muslim home. Stories of her exotic love life abounded.
Her grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, CIE, OBE, Dewaan of Junagadh, one of the highest ranking politicians during the British Raj; His mother was a Hindu, a “Nachne Walee (Dancer)” who never married Bhutto’s father.
A well known feudal lord and politician of a Rajput clan hailing from Larkana in Sindh province of British India, which is now part of Pakistan.
She was the eldest child of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani of Sindhi descent and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish descent. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, who came to Larkana, Sindh, before partition from his native town of Bhatto Kalan, which was situated in the Indian state of Haryana. The Bhuttos continued to thrive post-partition. Benazir's father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the Pakistani foreign minister before being elected as head of government in 1971.
With her controversial husband Asif Ali Zardari, or 'Mr Ten Per Cent' who gave her 3 kids.
Benazir Bhutto with her children: Bilawal, Bakhtawar & Asifa.
"Pinky" as Benazir was known to family and friends, was a thoroughly westernised teenager, living a life of "idyllic ease".
Though Muslim, she was educated in Pakistan by an English governess and Catholic nuns before, aged 16, being sent to study politics at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
She dressed in clothes from Saks Fifth Avenue and enjoyed a lifestyle similar to that of any spoiled daughter of a wealthy foreign potentate. When Benazir graduated she went to Oxford to study international law and politics. Her ambition was to enter the Pakistani diplomatic service.
Her parties at Oxford were always well attended and liberally supplied with alcohol. Although she later denied it, Benazir loved to dance at these events, which would have been considered scandalous back home.
A contemporary recalls: Her Oxford lifestyle was almost a parody of the rich Islamic girl released from the constraints of a rigid Muslim home. Stories of her exotic love life abounded.
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