a great muslim leader....died!

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The Sad, Stormy Life Of Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto was many things - zealous guardian of her dead father's legacy, aristocratic populist, accused rogue, even one of People magazine's 50 most beautiful people.

BENAZIR BHUTTO
Benazir Bhutto photographed in 1972
Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples PartySocialist International. Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state, having been twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. She was sworn in for the first time in 1988 at the age of 35, but was removed from office 20 months later under the order of then-president Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Benazir Bhutto was born in Karachi, Dominion of Pakistan on 21 June 1953. She attended the Lady Jennings Nursery School and then the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Karachi.After two years of schooling at the Rawalpindi Presentation Convent, she was sent to the Jesus and Mary Convent at Murree. She passed her O-level examinations at the age of 15.She then went on to complete her A-Levels at the Karachi Grammar School. After completing her early education in Pakistan, she pursued her higher education in the United States. From 1969 to 1973 she attended Radcliffe College, and then Harvard University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with cum laudecomparative government.She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa..The next phase of her education took place in the United Kingdom. Between 1973 and 1977 Bhutto studied Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsLady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She completed a course in International LawDiplomacy while at Oxford.In December 1976 she was elected president of the Oxford Union, becoming the first Asian woman to head the prestigious debating society.On 18 December 1987 she married Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi. The couple had three children: Bilawal, Bakhtwar, and Aseefa.
(PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan affiliated to the on grounds of alleged corruption. In 1993 Bhutto was re-elected but was again removed in 1996 on similar charges. honors in at and
Benazir Bhutto taking oath as Prime Minister for the second time, in 1993

Benazir Bhutto's books

  • Benazir Bhutto, (1983), Pakistan: The gathering storm, Vikas Pub. House, ISBN 0706924959
  • Benazir Bhutto (1989). Daughter of the East. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0-241-12398-4.

Daughter of the East was also released as:

  • Benazir Bhutto (1989). Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-66983-4.Benazir Bhutto at the rally on 27 December 2007
Ms Bhutto, leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), had served as prime minister from 1988-1990 and 1993-1996, and had been campaigning ahead of elections due on 8 January.


Ms Bhutto - the first woman PM in an Islamic state - was leaving an election rally in Rawalpindi when a gunman shot her in the neck and set off a bomb.At least 20 other people died in the attack and several more were injured.

Benazir Bhuttos coffin leaves hospital in Rawalpindi

explain ur views abt the great muslim leader MARHUMA BENAZIR BHUTTO and her death.



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Posted: 18 years ago
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Yh it's so sad... may her soul rest in peace
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Posted: 18 years ago
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Thats so sad 😭 Rip Benazir Bhutto May Her Soul Rest In Peace
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Posted: 18 years ago
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it is soo sad newszz... 😭

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