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Begum Nusrat Bhutto (, widow of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto who is also a former Prime Minister of Pakistan. Begum Bhutto is widely respected in Pakistan for her grace and dignity. She is an Iran ian Kurd by heritage and daughter of an Iranian businessman. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto fell in love with Nusrat and she came to Pakistan with him where they got married in Karachi .This was his second marriage. As first lady, Nusrat functioned as a political hostess and accompanied her husband on a number of overseas visits. After her husband was executed, she left the country for London along with her daughters Benazir and Sanam. She was leading the People's Party of Pakistan from London itself. She was made chairman of the party for life but later on, her daughter Benazir replaced her from the post. She had been continuously elected to the National Assembly from the family constituency of Larkana , Sindh . In the past she held positions of a cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister in her daughter's governments.Currently she resides with her daughter in Dubai and suffered from Alzheimer's Disease and also had an episode of stroke. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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