Profile
Nusrat Bhutto
Iranian-born Pakistani Politician
Female
Born
Mar 23, 1929
Hometown
Esfahan
Died
Oct 23, 2011
Death Place
Dubai
Political Party
Pakistan People's...
Religion
Islam
Nationality
Iranian Kurdistan
Begum Nusrat Bhutto was an Iranian-Pakistani who was the wife of the 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, serving as the First Lady of Pakistan during his premiership from 1971 until Bhutto's removal in 1977. She became her husband's successor… Read More
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Nusrat Bhutto
d.2011
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Cm Hopes Development Schemes Will Wrap Up By DecThe Express Tribune Blogs - Aug 30, 2012 -
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Marri Pays Homage To Pakistani MothersThe Nation - May 13, 2012
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Nusrat Bhutto, Political Force In Pakistan, Dies At 82NYTimes - Oct 26, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1929
Birth
Born on March 23, 1929.
TWENTIES
1950
21 Years Old
Before emigrating to Pakistan, Nusrat attended and was educated at the University of Isfahan where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Humanities in 1950. Nusrat met Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Karachi where they got married on September 8, 1951.
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FORTIES
1973
44 Years Old
As first lady from 1973–77, she functioned as a political hostess and accompanied her husband on a number of overseas visits.
FIFTIES
1979
50 Years Old
In 1979, after the trial and execution of her husband, she succeeded her husband as leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party as chairman for life.
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In 1982, ill with cancer, she was given permission to leave the country by the military government of Genera Zia-ul-Haq for medical treatment in London at which point her daughter, Benazir Bhutto, became acting leader of the party, and, by 1984, the party chairman.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1996
67 Years Old
In the mid-1990s, particularly after the death of her son Mir Murtaza Bhutto in 1996, she withdrew from public life.
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She died on October 23, 2011 in Dubai due to the effects of Alzheimer's disease.
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