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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.
Dec 27, 2017 · Bhutto was murdered on 27 December 2007 by a 15-year-old suicide bomber called Bilal. She had just finished an election rally in Rawalpindi when he approached her convoy, shot at her and...
Jun 20, 2024 · President Zia died in August 1988 in a mysterious plane crash, leaving a power vacuum at the centre of Pakistani politics. In the ensuing elections, Bhutto’s PPP won the single largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly.
Feb 5, 2024 · Benazir’s death saw the spontaneous eruption of grief and empathy in India. This killing of a promising leader from a political dynasty was a subcontinental tragedy, with familiar...
Jun 26, 2018 · A militant alleged to have been part of the cell that murdered former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto has appeared in a Taliban video denying his involvement.
Aug 6, 2010 · The exact cause of her death remains in dispute: A subsequent investigation by Britain’s Scotland Yard ruled that Bhutto died of head injuries caused by the force of the explosion, while the PPP...
Dec 27, 2017 · Bhutto’s tragic death washed all that away and made her a ‘martyr’ for the cause of democracy. Her death also led to a sympathy vote for the PPP, founded by her father Zufiqar Ali Bhutto: a...
After a political rally in Rawalpindi, she was assassinated. The Salafi jihadi group al-Qaeda claimed responsibility, although the involvement of the Pakistani Taliban and rogue elements of the intelligence services was widely suspected. She was buried at her family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Baksh .
Bhutto's son named as successor. Cause of death disputed. Killing blamed on al-Qaeda. Bhutto buried at ancestral home. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. Life in pictures. The life of Benazir...
Jun 21, 2016 · Mr. Bhutto was hanged in 1979, charged with orchestrating the murder of a political rival. Ms. Bhutto was forbidden to attend his funeral. She and her mother were soon given leadership of her...
