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It's Bakhtawar's wedding week — these are all the festivities planned

It's Bakhtawar's wedding week — these are all the festivities planned

Around 300 guests are expected at the baraat function on Jan 30 due to Covid-19.
Updated 28 Jan, 2021

Here comes the bride and weeklong wedding festivities.

Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, who was engaged to the son of a US-based businessman in November 2020, is set to tie the knot with him later this month.

Weeklong functions have been planned for the wedding of the daughter of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari.

According to PPP sources and spokesperson, Bakhtawar's nikah with her fiancé Mahmood Chaudhry would be held on January 29 and the function of baraat would take place the next day (Jan 30).

“Before these two functions, a milad will be organised on Jan 24 and a mehndi ceremony will take place on 27th,” said a source privy to the details of the ceremonies.

Meanwhile, a brief statement issued by Bilawal House said that some 300 guests were expected at the main function — baraat — on Jan 30 considering the arrangements under the standard operating procedures due to Covid-19 precautions.

The spokesman for Bilawal House also confirmed that all functions would be held in Karachi.

In a simple November 2020 engagement ceremony, the couple exchanged rings amid celebratory shouts and claps from the guests, who included a few senior politicians, PPP leaders, business giants, real estate tycoons, prominent lawyers, some legislators and close relatives at Bilawal House.

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PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who was in self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19 that time, had joined the engagement ceremony through video link.

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There was plenty of conjecture surrounding Bakhtawar's engagement dress and when she uploaded her engagement portrait with her fiancé, under a glorious pink bougainvillea tree, fashion aficionados were quickly able to discern that her tea pink outfit, with an ornately embroidered shawl draped over it, was the work of designer Nida Azwer.

While we wait to see what else the bride will wear this week, you can read all about the quintessential Nida Azwer custom-made design here.

Comments

M. Emad Jan 23, 2021 01:17pm
Sindh - Punjabi wedding ?
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shah zaman Jan 23, 2021 01:31pm
can a common man afford to provide such lavish weddings. luxuries ,pomp and show for their sons and daughter? will we ever move towards an egalitarian society, perhaps never as long as the wealthy rule since their designed rules and systems will keep the existing social stratification perhaps deepen it further until some miracle brings a change .
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Chrís Dăn Jan 23, 2021 02:16pm
I wish that family would have donated all this money for poor Civid 19 affected families in Sindh rural.
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Patriot Jan 23, 2021 02:34pm
Best wishes...don’t spend lavishly when people are suffering
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MG Jan 23, 2021 03:03pm
Fitness is very important
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Pakman Jan 23, 2021 03:03pm
Oops thought zardari was hospitalized, unless it’s a file photo.
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M. Saeed Jan 23, 2021 03:09pm
Bukhtawar needs aggressive health plan to shed excess weight, visible in the above pictures.
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Rashid Jan 23, 2021 03:37pm
How many poor workers from lyari are invited?
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Rashid Jan 23, 2021 03:41pm
Will Maulana Fazal Rehman perform the Nikah?
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Rajesh Jan 23, 2021 03:50pm
Governments should bring a cap on spending for a wedding. Everyone knows ex-President Zadari is a wealthy person and he will only invite people of stature to his daughter's wedding. So is it really required to feed the already well-fed people or is it required to show off the wealth of the wealthy people??
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shah zaman Jan 23, 2021 03:55pm
@M. Emad so what?
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Harris Jan 23, 2021 03:57pm
@M. Emad Punjabi is a language not an ethnic group. You're not that smart. Give them some privacy. Btw Bhuttos are Baloch not Sindhi.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Jan 23, 2021 04:28pm
No doubt, marriages are made in the heavens.
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jaredlee007 Jan 23, 2021 04:28pm
All these celebrations from the country's looted wealth. This type of wealth only brings catastrophe to families and their generation.
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Syed A. Mateen Jan 23, 2021 04:28pm
Bakhtawar is just like daughter. It’s a mix week of happiness and pain. The happiness is that she will be married and for pain is that on this occasion Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto is not alive to be with Bakhtawar in the last days while she will be leaving Bilawal House soon after her marriage. The relations between the parents and children are unbreakable whether some one remain alive or return to His Creator. Bakhtawar and her brother Bilawal and Aseefa suffered a lot after Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was killed in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi. While the three kids could not not get much time to remain close for a long time with Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto due to her preoccupations and when they grew up all of them are missing their mother at every step of their lives. My all best wishes and prayers for Bakhtawar that may she ever remain happy in her life which she will start after her Rukhsati. Ameen. Heartiest congratulations to Bakhtawar and to Mahmood Chaudhry and for both the families.
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Sam Jan 23, 2021 05:30pm
Who cares?
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LAHORI KID Jan 23, 2021 05:42pm
who included a few senior politicians, PPP leaders, business giants, real estate tycoons, prominent lawyers, some legislators and close relatives at Bilawal House. In other words, a whole lot of crooks and the corrupt. There was more money under that roof than in all the banks in Pakistan put together.
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Chrís Dăn Jan 23, 2021 05:43pm
@Harris you are very right. Punjabi has always been just a language and not an ethnicity.
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Manoj Jan 23, 2021 05:50pm
@jaredlee007 SPOT ON DEAR ! To every action there is equal and opposite reaction and to every wrong action there is tripple the Opposite reaction.
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NACParis Jan 23, 2021 06:59pm
@Pakman He is as fit as a fiddle. He only gets hospitalized to avoid court appearance to answer the charges involving billions of dollars looted wealth.
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Al Jan 23, 2021 07:03pm
She comes with stolen money of BB and AZ
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FB Jan 23, 2021 07:55pm
An obscene display against the backdrop of poor suffering during the current covid climate and beyond...
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Sanjeev Jan 23, 2021 07:55pm
@Chrís Dăn Zardari donated the COVID to lot of people.
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well-wisher Jan 23, 2021 09:06pm
Good luck. Spend wisely s millions are suffering.
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Fast comment Jan 23, 2021 09:18pm
@Chrís Dăn Its hard to donate such hard earned money. President Zardari used to inquire always about ongoing projects progress, and collecting cuts accordingly.
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Syed Hafeez Imran Jan 23, 2021 11:53pm
@Harris wow a super duper historian amongst our midst he is expounding conventional theory and history Bhuttos being a Baloch (where di he get that ) and Punjabi being a language , Yes, it IS that Also Punjabi is a person belonging to Punjab, as a Sindhi is one belonging to Sind and a Balochi belonging to Baluchistan This genius deserves a noble prize and a tenure as a resident historian at one of the leading Universities and as an expert on the talk circuits
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Ghalib khan Jan 24, 2021 01:15am
Mirza Tahir will probably perform the ceremony expect a lot of mosques to be built by the father in law he built the biggest mosque in Texas he will have access to massive amount of awami wealth mosques are usually a good thing only if they are open to all not a particular sect, protection unlimited wealth and power, will lead to huge conversions of poor people let’s never let this corrupt regime ever come to power again.
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Rashid Hussain Jan 24, 2021 03:06am
@Rashid. Please stop joking . They are all cannon fodder and remembered only around election time.
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Nizamuddin A, dont be meanhmad AAli Jan 24, 2021 06:04am
@shah zaman The fact is that this family is not a common family. I wish the little girl of Benazir Bhutto goof luck and a very happy life. Shah Zaman, be happy for the couple.
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A Bostonian Jan 24, 2021 07:06am
@M. Emad what is so strange about it? Are you trying to create differences?
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Naeem Qureshi Jan 24, 2021 07:53am
Spending Billions on the wedding while the poor are starving is something to ponder Bakhtawar can decide to go for a simple dinner and donate the money
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Teddy Jan 24, 2021 07:59am
Long live Zardari family.
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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan Jan 24, 2021 08:27am
A beautiful alliance between PPP and PML-N. Congratulations Bakhtawar Zardari Sahiba.
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Zak Jan 24, 2021 08:46am
@Harris '@M. Emad Punjabi is a language not an ethnic group. You're not that smart. Give them some privacy. Btw Bhuttos are Baloch not Sindhi.' Well explained to an RSS student fed on ' fake' history.
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HashBrown® Jan 24, 2021 09:08am
@M. Saeed "Bukhtawar needs aggressive health plan to shed excess weight, visible in the above pictures." Brother, with respect, her figure is none of your business. I don't care for these feudal families and their obscene displays of wealth, but no woman should concern herself with what men like you think. If you'd like to get yourself onto an aggressive fitness plan, I wish you the best of luck.
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Khan Jan 24, 2021 09:35am
@shah zaman Common man cannot travel in car or fly planes, to kia jahaz urana banda kar dain. Sir, join them on this occasion and give your blessings, this family has sacrificed generations for Pakistan. Peace!
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Parvez Jan 24, 2021 01:35pm
They are an absolutely gorgeous couple .... I wish them all happiness.
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Blahblaj Jan 24, 2021 04:29pm
Huge!
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Masroor Khan Jan 24, 2021 05:08pm
This regime divides and rules were collaborators during the Raj, have no moral or ethical values are Machiavellian in their dealings we all need to be aware of the bigger picture.
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JustBecause Jan 24, 2021 06:17pm
@Syed A. Mateen thanks! But who cares really?
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