Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 - 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician.
Life[change | change source]
Bhutto was the elder daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Nusrat Bhutto (née Ispahani).
Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state. She was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan two times. She was sworn in for the first time in 1988 but removed from office 20 months later under orders of then-president Ghulam Ishaq Khan on a belief that she was corrupt. In 1993 Bhutto was re-elected but was again removed in 1996 on similar charges, this time by President Farooq Leghari.
Death[change | change source]
On December 27, 2007, Bhutto was killed while getting into a vehicle to leave a political meeting for the Pakistan Peoples Party in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[1] An assassin shot her in the neck and chest before detonating an explosive vest. This killed about 30 people and wounded many others. She is called Shaheed-e-Jamhuriat (Martyr of Democracy) by her fans.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Benazir Bhutto assassinated". CNN. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
Other websites[change | change source]
- The Official Website of Benazir Bhutto Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Benazir Bhutto was Kurdish
- Watch Benazir's videos and interviews Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Benazir Bhutto becomes Prime Minister
- Asif Zardari Profile
- Bhutto cleared of corruption
- Bhutto on Al-Qaeda Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- All About Benazir Bhutto
- Musharraf blocks PPP rallies
- Pakistan Peoples Party website Archived 2005-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Pakistani opposition protests Bhutto case