Bilal Musharraf

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Bilal Musharraf is the son of Sehba and Pervez Musharraf. Pervez Musharraf is the President of Pakistan. Bilal is married with two children, as is his only sibling, his sister Ayla.[1]

In March 2005, Musharraf visited Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India with his octogenarian grandmother; the visit attracted considerable media attention.[2] Also that month, the family was held up at a San Francisco, California airport because security personnel detected traces of TNT in his son's diaper bag; they missed their United Airlines flight, but were cleared to depart and caught a later plane.[3] Musharraf's father has been criticized for allegedly allowing government contracts to Bilal's father-in-law, Brig. (r) Aftab Siddiqui. Mr. Siddiqui is a retired Army Engineer's Core officer with an MS in Civil & Transportation Engineering from University of California at Berkeley; He is the founder and CEO of IDC.[4]

Articles "Evaporation Drops the Temperature," and "He had no choice!" that appeared on the web portal "Chowk" are credited to him.[5][6] Bilal completed his B.S. in Actuarial Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994 and completed his MBA and MA in 2007 (Education) from Stanford University.[7] He is currently working for ePlanet, a global venture fund based out of Silicon Valley.[8]

[edit] Recent news

Recently, it was reported in the Pakistani blogosphere that Bilal Musharraf is engaged in business deals of some nature with Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia [9]. A picture posted with the story has raised eyebrows since it shows Shahid Karimullah, Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, along with Bilal and the prince. In the same blog-post, a reader commented that Bilal has addressed a related issue with a mailing list at Stanford University.

[edit] References

  1. ^ General Pervez Musharraf. Office of the Press Secretary to the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (August 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-30.
  2. ^ Lucknow impresses Musharraf's kin. Tribune India (March 2005). Retrieved on 2006-08-30.
  3. ^ Nappy Bag of Musharraf's Grandson Causes Alarm!. Pakistan Link (August 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-30.
  4. ^ [http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/071024/16/4c3ab.html Chinese, Pakistani Firms to Jointly Build Light Rail in Jordan]. Yahoo! Finance (October 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
  5. ^ He had no Choice!. Chowk (October 2002). Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
  6. ^ Evaporation Drops the Temperature!. Chowk (July 2002). Retrieved on 2006-09-10.
  7. ^ LUMS SSE Volunteers. LUMS (October 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  8. ^ "Bio: Bilal Musharraf", ePlanet. Retrieved on 2007-10-26. 
  9. ^ Bilal Musharraf Cashing in.