Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari ( ur, بختاور بھٹو زرداری; sd, بختاور ڀٽو زرداري; born 25 January 1990) is a Pakistani public figure and educationist. She is the chairperson of SZABIST. She is the daughter of former

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

and former

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Asif Ali Zardari Asif Ali Zardari ( ur, ; sd, ; born 26 July 1955) is a Pakistani politician who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians and was the co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party. He served as the 11th president of Pakistan ...

, sister of incumbent

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ( ur, بلاول بھٹو زرداری; born 21 September 1988) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the 37th Minister of Foreign Affairs, in office since 27 April 2022. He became the chairman of Pakistan Peopl ...

, and granddaughter of former

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

, making her a member of the politically prominent

Bhutto family The Bhutto family ( ur, بھُٹو خاندان; sd, ڀُٽو خاندان) is a prominent political family and among the most powerful families in Pakistan, based in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The Bhuttos have played a prominent role in Pak ...

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. She is also a trustee of SZABIST Foundation. and Sindh Peoples Welfare Trust.

Early life and education

Bakhtawar Zardari was born at the Lady Dufferin Hospital in Karachi, Sindh, on 25 January 1990. She is the eldest daughter of the first female prime minister of Pakistan and the Muslim world, Benazir Bhutto and former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. She was born while Bhutto was serving her first term as prime minister, making her the first child born to a sitting prime minister in history. She is the granddaughter of former president and prime minister of Pakistan,

, and Begum

Nusrat Bhutto ''Begum'' Nusrat Bhutto (; sd, نصرت ڀٽو; ur, ; born as Nusrat Ispahani; 23 March 1929 – 23 October 2011) was an Iranian-Pakistani public figure of Kurdish origin, who served as spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan between 1971 unti ...

Ispahani. Her paternal grandfather,

Hakim Ali Zardari Hakim Ali Zardari (9 December 1930 – 24 May 2011), ur, ) was a Pakistani politician who served as a member of National Assembly of Pakistan from 1972 to 1977 and again from 1988 to 1990 and then again from 1993 to 1996. Early life He was ...

, was a businessman, politician, and member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. From her mother's side, she is the niece of politicians

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and

Shahnawaz Bhutto Shahnawaz Bhutto (November 21, 1958 – July 18, 1985; Sindhi: شاھنواز ڀٽو) was the son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977 and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, who was of Iranian Kurdish ...

, and from her father's side, her aunts are politicians

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and

Faryal Talpur Faryal Talpur (; born 26 April 1958) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to May 2018. Early life Talpur was born on 28 April 1958 in Nawabshah, Pakistan to Hakim Ali Zardari and Bilquis ...

. For early education, Bakhtawar Zardari attended

Karachi Grammar School Karachi Grammar School ( ur, ) is an independent, English-medium school located in 3 different campuses across Karachi. The main and oldest campus is located in Saddar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a highly selective, coeducational day school ...

in Karachi and OPF School in Islamabad. In 1996 Benazir Bhutto sought exile in Dubai with her three children in 1998 where Bakhtawar started and completed her secondary high-school education at

Latifa School for Girls Latifa School for Girls was founded in 1982 by Sheikh Maktoum. It was headed by Tim Charlton, who also founded Dubai College in 1978. External links *www.dubaifaqs.com/latifa-school-for-girls.php- Dubai FAQs information. International sch ...

. For further studies, she studied at the

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and in 2012 graduated with a degree of master of arts in the college of humanities and social science, with honours in english literature.

Career

Bakhtawar is the chairperson of

Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology SZABIST is a private institute with multiple campuses in the residential and commercial areas of Pakistan especially in the heart of Pakistan, Karachi, Islamabad, and United Arab Emirates. Its main campus is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ...

(SZABIST). The HEC recognized organization was founded by her mother in 1995 and has numerous university campuses, schools, and technical and vocational centers across Pakistan. The institute is named after her grandfather. It is also the only Pakistani university with an offshore campus in Dubai where Bakhtawar started her affiliation in 2008 before being elected Chairperson by the board in 2019. Though Bakhtawar does not participate in mainstream politics she remains vocal as a social activist online to her three million Twitter followers.

Personal life

Bakhtawar married Mahmood Choudhry on January 30, 2021. She gave birth to their son Mir Hakim Mahmood Choudhry on October 10, 2021. He is named after Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari's late grandfather

and uncle Mir

References

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