Bilal Musharraf () is the son of Sehba Musharraf and Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan. Bilal is married with two children, as is his only sibling, his sister Ayla. In March 2005, 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. The articles "Evaporation Drops the Temperature," and "He had no choice!" that appeared on the web portal "Chowk" are credited to him. 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. He worked for Global Education Management Systems, an international education firm based out of Dubai and New York before taking on the role of Dean of Translation at Khan Academy. In March 2005, Musharraf visited Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India with his octogenarian grandmother; the visit attracted considerable media attention.
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