Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Sameema Begum Bhutto is a Pakistani politician and is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan until she was assassinated.
Life
Bhutto is the eldest daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Nusrat Bhutto (née Ispahani).
Bhutto is the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state as well as the First Female Leader of an Islamic Country. She was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan three 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
On December 27, 2007, she was shot to death after a political rally at Liaqat National Bagh before being detonated by a 15-year-old male suicide bomb immediately. She was 54 years old. 23 civilians were killed in the bombing while 100 others were injured.
References
Other websites
- 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