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Hanan AshrawiNews imageBenazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
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  • Born 1953, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Aged 16 sent to Harvard University
  • 1973 Father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, became Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1977 returns to Pakistan. Martial law declared, Bhutto's father is arrested and Benazir is placed under house arrest
  • 1979 Benazir Bhutto's father is hanged. She becomes leader of Pakistan People's Party. Spends seven years in exile or under house arrest
  • 1986 Bhutto returns to Pakistan
  • 1987 Bhutto wins election - becomes Prime Minister of Pakistan
  • 1996 Bhutto removed from government, now living in exile in UK
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