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Jan 3, 2008 · From the day Bhutto came to power nearly two decades ago, many in the West eagerly cast her as an icon for Muslim women, a role she never shied away from playing. And now her slaying in a suicide ...
Jun 22, 2021 · That's how strongly Benazir Bhutto believed in the rights of women. Through the course of her life, Bhutto became a symbol of hope for women on a global scale. When she took office after Ziaul Haq ...
- Early Life and Rise to Power
- Election to Prime Minster
- Return to Pakistan
- Assassination and Aftermath
Benazir Bhutto was born June 21, 1953, in Karachi, SE Pakistan, the eldest child of former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He founded the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and was prime minister from 1971 to 1977. After completing her early education in Pakistan, she pursued her higher education in the United States. From 1969 to 1973, she attended Radcli...
Zia ul-Haq’s dictatorship ended when he was killed in a plane crash in 1988. And Bhutto was elected prime minister barely three months after giving birth to her first child. She became the first ever female prime minister of a Muslim nation on December 1, 1988. Bhutto was defeated in the 1990 election, and found herself in court defending herself a...
Bhutto returned to Pakistan on October 18, 2007, after President Musharraf granted her amnesty on all corruption charges, opening the way for her return and a possible power-sharing agreement. Bhutto’s homecoming rally after eight years in exile was hit by a suicide attack, killing 136 people. She only survived after ducking down at the moment of i...
Bhutto was killed when an assassin fired shots and then blew himself up after an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007. The attack also killed 28 others and wounded at least another 100. The attacker struck just minutes after Bhutto addressed a rally of thousands of supporters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, 8 miles south o...
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Jun 23, 2023 · Benazir Bhutto’s journey from an illustrious political lineage to becoming a global icon of democracy and women’s empowerment is a testament to her remarkable character and unwavering commitment.
Benazir Bhutto’s electoral victory in Pakistan in 1988 saw the first Muslim woman achieve high political office in the modern period. Those who objected to her becoming Prime Minister cited various Qur’anic verses and hadith (sayings of Muhammad) as well as traditional views of women to try to prevent her from taking office and then to remove her.
Dec 12, 1993 · Piracha, who held one of the 20 reserved seats for women in Benazir’s Parliament, says women’s groups began to criticize Bhutto’s government before giving it a chance. “They harmed her ...
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Feb 8, 2022 · "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 ...
