Only half serious, Bhutto says, “My hopes of becoming a journalist were dashed when I was cut at the final comp.”

Shattering the Glass Ceiling

Her proudest accomplishment, Bhutto says, is her success as a woman in a man’s world.

“My greatest contribution lies in that my success as a woman in a Muslim society, where tradition and tribal taboos held sway, has emancipated other women,” she says.

“My success helped other women make choices that were not available to them before, not only in Pakistan but all over the Muslim world.”

This week, Bhutto will not be at her 25th reunion.

Instead, she will focus on her work, leading the opposition in Parliament during the crucial budget session in Pakistan. Despite her absence, Bhutto has a reunion message of victory to her friends and classmates.

“We did it, we broke through the glass ceiling,” Bhutto says proudly. “In those days, we wondered whether we could, but time showed we did. And now other women take for granted what women of our generation always wondered about.”