Benazir Bhutto بينظير بھٹو | |
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11th Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
President | Wasim Sajjad Farooq Leghari |
Preceded by | Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi(Acting) |
Succeeded by | Malik Meraj Khalid (Acting) |
In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 | |
President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Preceded by | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
Succeeded by | Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Acting) |
Leader of the Opposition | |
In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
Preceded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Succeeded by | Fazal-ur-Rehman |
In office 6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993 | |
Preceded by | Khan Abdul Wali Khan |
Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party | |
In office 12 November 1982 – 27 December 2007 Acting: 12 November 1982 – 10 January 1984 | |
Preceded by | Nusrat Bhutto |
Succeeded by | Asif Ali Zardari Bilawal Bhutto Zardari |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 June 1953 Karachi, Sind, Pakistan (now in Sindh, Pakistan) |
Died | 27 December 2007 (aged 54) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
Resting place | Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Sindh,Pakistan |
Spouse(s) | Asif Ali Zardari (1987–2007) |
Relations | Bhutto family Zardari family |
Children | Bilawal Bakhtawar Asifa |
Parents | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (father) Nusrat Bhutto (mother) |
Alma mater | Harvard University Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford St Catherine's College, Oxford |
Religion | Islam |
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Derawar Fort:-
Derawar Fort:- To the southeast of Dera Nawab, on the edge of the Cholistan Desert, make an exciting day’s outing from either Ahmadpur East or Bahawalpur. The massive fort towers over the surrounding semi-desert and is visible from miles around. The huge walls, supported by enormous round buttresses, stand 40 meters (130 feet) high and are 1.5 kilometers (a mile) in circumference. The drive, for four-wheel drive vehicles only, take from one to two hours from Ahmadpur East, depending on the state of the road and the route your guide has chosen for you. The last 25 kilometers (15miles) are across desert. There has been a fort at Derawar for at least 5,000 years, part of a long chain that protected the ancient trade rout from central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. The fort was captured by the Abassi family from Raja Rawal Singh of Jaisalmar in 1733, at which time the present fort was built. The whole area around Derawar was once well watered by the Ghaggar River (now called the Hakra in...
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