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Benazir Bhutto (Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو, Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, IPA: [beːnəziːɾ bɦʊʈːoː]) (June 21, 1953 – December 27, 2007) was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan. Bhutto was the first woman...

Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: آصف علی زرداری, Sindhi: آصف علي زرداري; born 26 July 1955) is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He is also the widower of Benazir...

Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف) (IPA: /ˈpəɹ.vɛz muˈʃɑɹ.əf/) NI, HI (born August 11, 1943) is the current and twelveth President of Pakistan. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Pakistan as well as former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan...

Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਸਿੰਘ; Hindi: मनमोहन सिंह, pronounced [mənˈmoːhən ˈsɪ́ŋɡ]; born 26 September 1932) is the 14th and current Prime Minister of the Republic of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power...

Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: حنا ربانی کھر , born 19 January 1977 in Multan, Punjab) is a Pakistani politician and member of parliament who has been Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs since 13 February 2011. Hina Rabbani Khar is the...

Nawaz Sharif (Urdu: نواز شریف; born December 25, 1949) is a Pakistani steel magnate and national conservative, serving as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 until...

Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), was born on September 17, 1953 in the port city of Karachi. His father Nazir Hussain and his mother Khurshid Begum both belonged to a religious family of Aghra, a...

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi /ˈrɑːdʒiːv ˈɡɑːndiː/ ( pronunciation (help·info); 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was the sixth Prime Minister of India (1984–1989). He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991....

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, NI(M), HI (Urdu: اشفاق پرویز کیانی , born April 1952) is a four-star general in the Pakistan Army, and the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. He replaced General Pervez Musharraf as the Chief...

Education: Khaleda Zia, Chairperson of BNP, twice prime minister, attended school and dropped out at eighth grade