Faryal Talpur

Faryal Talpur was born on 26 April 1958 to Hakim Ali Zardari in Nawab shah. She is the sister of Asif Ali Zardari, the former President of Pakistan and current chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

After Benazir Bhutto’s death in 2007, she became a legal guardian of Bilawal, Bakhtawar and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari. Beyond this responsibility, when her elder brother Asif Ali Zardari became president, he gave her the task of political wheeling and dealing on his behalf.

Talpur is described as a tough woman but the power enjoyed by her is simply because of trust and loyalty towards her brother, and was even tipped as his successor in case it came to that. She is regarded as amongst the most powerful people in the PPP.

Talpur entered the political arena in 1997 when she was given a party ticket on a Nawab shah constituency (NA-160) but lost to the PML-N candidate.

In 2001, she became the Nazim of district Nawab shah in local government elections, and was re-elected as the mayor of Nawab shah in the 2005 local government elections. She was not awarded a party ticket to contest the 2008 general elections.

Talpur was never part of Benazir’s inner circle and rose to prominence rapidly when her brother took over the party’s reins. She was allotted a party ticket for a by-election from Benazir’s home constituency which was postponed due to Bhutto’s assassination.

She was re-elected as MNA for second time in2013 general election from NA-207 Larkana constituency. Her husband, Mir Munawar Ali Talpur, is also an MNA from NA-227 in Mirpurkhas.

Talpur has remained an MNA for five years but has not held any official government position in the PPP government.  She has been often alleged of running a parallel government in Sindh more powerful than the province’s chief executive.

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