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Leader of the Opposition; In office 17 February 1997 – 12 October 1999: Preceded by: Nawaz Sharif: Succeeded by: Fazl-ur-Rehman: In office 6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993
Jun 20, 2024 · Benazir Bhutto, prime minister of Pakistan (1988–90 and 1993–96) and the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history. She became the head of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after the 1979 execution of her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (leader of Pakistan, 1971–77). She was assassinated in 2007.
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھُٹو کا قتل) took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition party Pakistan People's Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaqat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting. She was declared dead at 18:16 ...
Dec 27, 2017 · Benazir Bhutto was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's first democratically elected prime minister. His political career was also brought to a premature end when he was hanged by the ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) was the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country during a tumultuous life that ended with her assassination.
Jan 12, 2018 · BBC World Service investigates the assassination of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, 10 years after her murder.Listen to The Assassination: htt...
Jun 21, 2016 · Benazir Bhutto, twice elected prime minister of Pakistan, is remembered for governing the country during tumultuous times...
Dec 27, 2007 · Benazir Bhutto excelled at asserting her right to rule. In a male-dominated, Islamic society, she rose to become her slain father's political successor, twice getting...
May 3, 2013 · Benazir Bhutto followed her father into politics and both of them died because of it - he was executed in 1979 and she fell victim to an apparent suicide bomb attack.
Dec 27, 2007 · "When I first got elected, they said: A woman has usurped a man's place! She should be killed! She should be assassinated! She has committed heresy!" At age 35, Benazir Bhutto was one of the youngest chiefs of state in the world. More than that, she was the first woman ever to serve as prime minister of an Islamic country, but the road that brought her to power had already led through exile, imprisonment and devastating personal tragedy. Only days after young Benazir Bhutto returned to her ...
