SOURCE: The Telegraph
By Gethin Chamberlain, Adam Lusher and Massoud Ansari
The teenage son of Benazir Bhutto is due to fly back to Britain to resume his studies after revealing he is not ready to take the place of his murdered mother at the heart of Pakistani politics.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is a student at Oxford University, has confided to family friends that too much is expected of him - at just 19 - to follow immediately in his mother’s footsteps.
His greatest desire is apparently to be an “ordinary student”, with his short-term concerns an imminent meeting with his Oxford college dean and good grades in his new year exams, rather than the rescheduled Pakistani elections on February 18.
The revelations about his future came as fellow students portrayed him as a charismatic, carefree, gregarious young man who is so accustomed to western ways that he even wears a “hoodie”.
Mr Bhutto, who is in his first year at Christ Church, was thrust into the political limelight when he was named chairman of his mother’s Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday last week, following Mrs Bhutto’s assassination in Pakistan on December 27.
This week, however, he is expected to appeal to the party faithful to lower their expectations of him.
His request will come as a team of five Scotland Yard detectives assist the Pakistani authorities with their investigation.
Family friends who have spoken to him in the past week say that although he was named as chairman of the party, he has no wish to take control of it.
“He believes the biggest challenge is… dealing with his new role in the limelight and maintaining his life as an ordinary student,” one told The Sunday Telegraph.
Meanwhile, acquaintances at the university have revealed him to be a popular student.
“He is your standard charismatic, funny, engaging student,” said Luke Tryl, 20, the former president of the Oxford Union debating society.
Mr Bhutto’s postings on the social networking website Facebook suggest he enjoyed juggling “drinks with tutes [tutors]” wearing a “hoodie” to an Oxford nightclub, Filth, with “bop costume buying”.
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Five days before his mother was murdered, he revealed his hopes for 2008, while joking about his fears.
“I’m still taking your advice about starting work after new year kicks off. If I am kicked out … I’ll blame u. I won’t be able to adjust after Oxford,” he told a fellow undergraduate.
His enthusiasm for student life is also evident in photographs posted on the site, which recall the hectic social life enjoyed by his mother at Oxford in the 1970s.
His friends sport streaks of “warpaint” make-up, while Mr Bhutto is photographed wearing his hoodie.
He comments: “I don’t remember why I decided to keep my hoodie on at filth.”
Mr Bhutto appears in another set of photographs entitled “The incomprehensibles” wearing a more flamboyant fluffy jacket. His street-style hand gestures suggest playful references to American rap stars.
Mr Bhutto’s friends could not recall seeing him drink alcohol, possibly in deference to his Muslim faith, but his postings show a relaxed attitude to others drinking.
On holiday at his home in Dubai, where he spent much of his childhood, he tells one friend:
“Ahh yes I could do christmas for the presents but … I hate shopping. There is also a possibility I could be tried for blasphemy somewhere. hope u get drunk on new years eve.”
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47 responses so far ↓
1 sammi // Jan 6, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I knew it was coming. i am soo releived now that he has spoken out. whewf!! i m his age so i know the kind of life he must be goin thru rite now. this is too young an age 2 lead a bloody party. gosh his family had better understand.
2 Amber // Jan 6, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Hmm…
Okay ..
Not too dissapointed..
I would’ve known this was coming…
Yeah
Peace to him..
x
3 maasi // Jan 6, 2008 at 11:55 pm
you are on the right track mr bilawel,do pakistan a favor and announce once and for all that you will resign ,and never take part in politics,and while you are at it ,do another enormous favor to poor people of pakistan,and keep or convince your father,mr 30 percent away from pakistan,dont be fooled by those people who come out on the streets for you ,they do not understand whats good for them.
4 Syed Mobusher Bukhari // Jan 7, 2008 at 8:34 pm
My Hearty & Sweet Brother Bilawal Bhuttoo, A.A. God may bless you. I just want to say that she is just as my mother. I think you bestly understand my feelings. Now my life is just for you, so please call me. I am your Brother. Syed Mobusher Hussain Bukhari
5 lucky ahmed // Jan 9, 2008 at 2:09 am
you are the winer BILAWAL BHUTTO.. best of luck bilawal bhutto. me to your freind .. from germany . bye
6 friend // Jan 11, 2008 at 2:18 pm
guys he has no time to contact u all.whatever is written about bilawal is prank.the attached photo is also a fake.bilawal is a decent boy.
7 musawer ahmed // Jan 12, 2008 at 12:08 am
hallo bilawal bhutto.. how are u. i am to your freind.best of luck bilawal bhutto. . from germany . bye
8 sehrish suleman // Jan 12, 2008 at 10:57 pm
he is a play boy i saw his pics wid his girl friend
9 musawer ahmed // Jan 13, 2008 at 1:26 am
bilawala bhutto is not play boy.. he is decent boy.. ok jye ppp jye bilawal bhutoo is super boy.. freind
fom germna y
10 blue // Jan 13, 2008 at 11:34 am
Bilawal is not a play boy.the photos on net can be a big prank.now,bilawal,u must be very careful & hav to keep control urself b/c it’s all about the dignity of ur family,,especially your mother.so stay away from girls:-)
they will not give u anything in life’except insult.
11 zain domki // Jan 18, 2008 at 11:44 pm
oh my brother bilawal v know that u r a young boy , but controll urself bcoz now u r in the eyes of world so plz keep it in secrete ok..
12 sister // Jan 23, 2008 at 8:42 pm
salaam o alikum brother and sister, i would jus like to say that bilawal probably wont have any time to look at this so please stop wasting ur time on debating whether he`s a decent guy or not. also any comments regarding to his father or mother about them being corrupt keep them to urself, dnt forget he`s jus lost his mother n also no1 likes to hear bad about their parents no matter wat they are like. thank you
13 hadiya // Mar 9, 2008 at 11:05 pm
i am a teenager i know when u r in teenage u want to enjoy u want to hang out with frnds so its fine yar its not a big deal yar boys in pakistan have so many girl frnds n man u r in landon……….so enjoy ur self stay cool
14 PERVAIZ MUSHARRAF // Mar 10, 2008 at 11:36 am
MR. BILAWAL ZARDARI … YOU HAVE TO BEHAVE IN THE MOST DECENT WAY NOW BECAUSE YOU ARE NOMINATED TO PARTY CHAIRMAN OF THE PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY BY YOUR [ LATE ]MOTHER …
SHE EXPECTS SOME VERY GOOD BEHAVIOUR FROM YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SET AN EXAMPLE TO THE TEENAGERS OF YOUR AGE GROUP …
AND IF I SEE THAT YOU ARE STILL BOOZING AROUND CAMPUS THERE IN LONDON I WILL SEE TO IT THAT YOU LEANR TO BEHAVE PROPERLY AS EXPECTED BY HER …..EVEN IF I HAVE TO COME OVER AND SPANK YOUR BOTTOM MYSELF…. UNDERSTOOD ??
15 Abdul Basit Khawaja // Mar 13, 2008 at 10:08 pm
@ PERVAIZ MUSHARAF
Shut up, LOSER ! hehe…
16 jasmine // Mar 19, 2008 at 5:57 am
Syed Mobusher Bukhari bhai aapney Number hi nahi dia apna, bechara call kaisey kareyga :)
khadim khan yousofzai bhai aap uskey friend ho aur Email Address hi nahi hai.
Kia horaha hai ye Pakistan Mein :D
17 pinky // Mar 21, 2008 at 1:39 pm
v shld not involve in bilos personal life insan ki fitrat hotey hai ka woh dosroun ki kahmiya nikaley kihin se bhee so i request u 2 plz do not involve in his personal maters
18 najmi // Mar 21, 2008 at 4:35 pm
another pinky ?
19 AYESHA // Apr 1, 2008 at 1:25 pm
B I LUV U SO MUCH
20 We want leaders not termites // May 25, 2008 at 10:49 am
Some girls like , >>> sister , Ayesha , and hadyia have toally lost their fath with eye sight…
What are you rotten brains just dipped into richness and wealth greed …
Girls supporing him are acutlly because of their materialistic natuer…
As for as Pakstan is concerned … We want pious person as our heroo out guid us to right path not to hell .. and force us to the fundamentals fo Islam…
21 caashef // May 25, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Assalam o alaikum,
this guy is not capable of leading Pakistan butcould be our Prime minister as he is chair man of PPP who is one the powerful political party in Pakistan
22 benazir ka jeeyala // May 30, 2008 at 1:34 am
yarrrrrrrrrr some body stop this idiotic zardari who doesnt even know wat the hell he is doin? he is a sycophant and a sphyco he needs a sychitrist and leave poor bilawal on his own why so much of burden over a guy who has just lost his mother dont put his life and dont thurst him into pakistani bloody politics. let him live his life liberally……. he is just teen and just bcause he is son of benazir who was also thurst into this dangerous business , so does he have to pa too y? this is injust completely i know nuffin is justify is pakistan but now it is not time for bhuttos or bilawal to pay for pakistan with there blood now its our turn to pay them back by making them feel secure satisfied and ofcourse by not thursting them any more into the politics. or yar chalo mush (mushraf) and bush ko milkar jhootay maren. whoz up for bish bosh ;)
GOD BLESS BILWAL FATIMA ZULFIKAR jr BHUTTO
peace out
23 benazir ka jeeyala // May 30, 2008 at 1:36 am
and of Muhtarma ke dono sahabzadian
24 saniaasif // May 31, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I like Bilawal bhutto
25 saniaasif // May 31, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I hate bilawal
26 Shambhavi // Jun 9, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Iknwe that this was going to come. Liaten Biolawal u r the chair-man of the largest national party in pakistan and we dont except such kind of behaviour from you. I wish u stop doing these things and stop socializing with girls .They just want u r money. They will use u.Then u r in\mage will spoil. And even of ppp.We the ppl here have lot of expectations from you.Ur dad will choose a suitable gal for u.
27 zohaib khan // Aug 14, 2008 at 2:46 pm
My dear Bilawal Bhutto please keep away from girls because now you are chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party and now you are famous in the world Mashallah,so please take care,ALLAH give you long life and may ALLAH help you in every step of your life. Ameen
28 rabia // Sep 6, 2008 at 9:33 pm
well bilawal ur mom expects very good behaviour from u ..my prayers r with u …
29 shirullzaman khan // Sep 7, 2008 at 12:22 am
bilawal bhutoo zardari…..can you please clearfiy if you are a Bhutoo or a Zardari,…
i ask this because i have never heard of such before your mom passed onto heavens ….
so please clearfiy this for me and the people of this god forsaken country . it will really help alot …..
thank you ……and may Allah bless you ! ! ! !
30 Jamal Din Bhutto // Sep 14, 2008 at 3:24 am
Wish you best of luck in politics, may God bless you and your family.
31 Jamal Din Bhutto // Sep 14, 2008 at 3:27 am
Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this is request, can you give me your email address :-
32 kanza // Sep 14, 2008 at 4:57 pm
wohoooo!!! yay
i dunno if hes reading this or not butim sp glad dat he finally spoke hes hart out i mean has any1 seen the way he luks wen the cameras r all ova him for asking those annoying question. it luked as if hes not wanting 2 say wat he was saying most of the tym hes eyes said sumthing elc n hes month moved n said sumthing completely the opposite
poor guy !
but yea if u eva du decide 2 com in2 politic anwy thn plzz dun come up 4 the reason dat ur pokets gone all empty!!!! plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i BEG OF U!!!
33 jawad // Sep 22, 2008 at 2:33 am
bilawal is not a play boy THRE IS ONLY ONE PLAY BOY ONLY IMRAN KHAN IMRAN KHAN ZINDABAD U LIVE LONG HE DO WORK WITH FULL DEVOTION IMRAN KHAN MAY U LIVE LONG I LOVE U I LOVE U .LOVE U
34 Jamal Bhutto // Sep 24, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Happy Birth Day Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
35 Shirull Zaman Khan // Nov 3, 2008 at 5:04 am
@ leo,
thank you leo, you are really a peacemaker ….man .
i hope the truce will hold forever ……..good job .
36 leo // Nov 3, 2008 at 11:26 pm
PPLZ of pakistan think about this
we are facing shortage of electricity.but still we don’t sleep till 2 am in the night
IF every one us of try to sleep max by 12.30 am we can save a lot of electricity & electric bills
every thing is possible if we decide to do it
sab kuch government sai mat mang go
khud apni taqdeer likho
PLZ BE PRACTICAL MY BEAUTYFULL NATION
37 rita // Nov 6, 2008 at 11:07 pm
leoooooooooooooooooooooooo, plz give me your e_mail.
38 leo // Nov 7, 2008 at 12:01 am
my email
lionking007bond2002@yahoo.com
all r welcome
39 leo // Nov 7, 2008 at 1:01 am
@rita
where is my other great friend ,i mean aapki dost kahan hain ?
40 ahmed lucky // Nov 7, 2008 at 1:57 am
BILAWAL BHUTTO.. best of luck bilawal bhutto. me to your freind .. from germany . bye
41 leo // Nov 7, 2008 at 12:31 pm
@rita
apki yahoo mail open karo aur usmai yea address add kerlo phir massege karo
i am waiting
42 rita // Nov 7, 2008 at 6:14 pm
leo where r u . i am waitinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.
43 leo // Nov 11, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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44 kaiser // Nov 13, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Khappay Zardai
45 kaiser // Nov 13, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Sorry for my spellings , I stand corrected.
“Khappay Zardari”
Thousand Apologies.
46 ghuncha rumman // Nov 16, 2008 at 8:45 pm
from start my family was wid bhutto family. my father z a politition nd he was always wid bhutto famliy as well me. so my cute dashing nd outstanding brother best of luck. my nd my family wishes r wid u. be on the way on which ur mother nd my idol benazir bhutto was…………!
47 SAHAR // Nov 28, 2008 at 5:33 pm
HI EVERYBODY JUST WANT TO SAY
NO ONE IN THE WORLD WOULD LOVE BILAWAL THE WAY I DO
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