In December 18, 1987 Ms . bhutto’s mother arranged her marriage to Asif Ali
Zardari. In line with the Pakistani and Muslim traditions Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's
married Mr. Asif Ali Zardari in 1987. Mr Zardari was a prominent businessman and
hails from Nawab shah in Sind. After both the families finalized the relation,
engagement was announced on 29th July 1987, and the couple were married on
December 18, 1987 in Karachi. Mr Asif Ali Zardari has been a Member of Parliament
as well as served as a government minister. He also spent a considerable time in jail
on politically motivated charges.
Speaking about her marriage, while speaking to Los Angeles Times, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto said,
" For me the choice was not between a love marriage or an arranged marriage but between agreeing to this or not getting married at all ... An arranged marriage may seem
traditional, but what is not traditional is the fact I'm not abandoning my identity or my
career. If I had thought it might hurt my political career, I know I would never have taken
this step. I would never have gotten married at any stage. I would have never sought
personal happiness at the cost of my country. If people have given their lives for the
cause of freedom and constitutional rule, then I surely could have sacrificed marriage
and children." Source: Tyler Marshall, "Political Maverick Bows to Muslim custom", Los
Angeles Times, 08/07/1987.
The Couple have three children, and the eldest being their son Bilawal, who was born
in September 1988, followed by two daughters Bakhtwar, and Aseefa respectively.
They are pursuing their education.
In August 17, 1988 General Zia,along with the American ambassador to Pakistan and 28 others, died in a plane crash.
In December 2, 1988 Prime Minister Bhutto was sworn into office, becoming the first woman and youngest prime minister of a Muslim nation at the age of 35.
InAugust 6, 1990 Ms. Bhutto’s government was dismissed by the president of
Pakistan after only 20 months in office .The President , Ghulam ishaq Khan ,accused
her administration of corruption nepostism and other acts “Icontravention of the
Constitution and the law”. Ms. Bhutto blamed the military for her ouster.
In October 25, 1990 In an election that Ms. Bhutto had hoped to win to vindicate herself after her dismissal , her opponents, the Islamic Democratic Alliance , won a clear majority.The party was led by Nawaz Sharif, the chief minister of the province of Punjab. In1993 after more than 2 years of political battling, Ms. Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party captured the most seats in parliamentary elections. In November 5, 1996 Pakistan’s president dismissed Ms. Bhutto as head of the
government, justifying the action with a proclamation that depicted her
administration as incompetent , corrupt and defiant of constitutional restraints on
executive power. Ms. Bhutto was placed under house arrest, and her husband ,widely accused of enriching himself with kickbacks on government contracts , was said to have been arrested while trying to flee the country.
In April 15, 1999 a Pakistani court convicts Ms. Bhutto of having taken kickbacks
while in office. She was sentenced to five years in prison and barred from holding
political office.The court also sentences her husband, already jailed and awaiting trial
on separate charges, to five years, and fines them $8.6 million. 
Ms.Bhutto, in London
at the time the sentences are handed down, denied all the charges but remains in
self –exile.
In April 6, 2001 Pakistan’s Supreme Court sets aside the convictions and orders a retrial for Ms. Bhutto and her imprisoned husband. In November 22, 2004 Ms. Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, was released on $16,900 bail after eight years in prison. In October 4, 2007 the Government of Gen. Pervez. Musharafannounced an
American-brokered accord that includes amnesty for Ms. Bhutto, clearing the way for
the general to run for re-election as president and for Ms. Bhutto to return to
Pakistan for parliamentary elections.
In October 18, 2007 Ms. Bhutto returned to a tumultuous welcome in her home
city of Karachi. As hundreds of thousands of supporters lined the streets, two huge
blasts exploded feet from the truck in which she was traveling. Ms. Bhutto was
unhurt but the death toll climbs over 100, with hundreds more wounded.
In November 13, 2007 after General Musharrafdeclared emergency rule,
hundreds of riot police blocked Ms. Bhutto and her supporters from making a
planned long march from Lahore to Islamabad. Police had also prevented a rally
Planned in Rawalpindi four days earlier.
In December 27, 2007 Ms. Bhutto, who was appearing at a political rally in
Rawalpindi, was fired upon by a gunman at close range, quickly followed by a blast
that the government says was caused by a suicide attacker.