Benazir Bhutto
Country Leader
|
Uneasy lies the head...poem and to her grandfather, whose name, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, contained this warrior image - the book will claim that Bhutto's aunt Benazir was, if not responsible for, at least complicit in the murder of Fatima Bhutto's father,... In this article: Benazir, Champagne, Karachi, Borobudur, Pakistan earthquake, Buddhist, and God |
-
Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 2 days ago
Asif Zardari faces being engulfed in Pakistan corruption scandal
...by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2007 under a plan to share power with Mr Zardari's wife and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Mr Zardari gained the nickname "Mr Ten Percent" from accusations he received kickbacks while awarding...
In this article: Asif Zardari, Pervez Musharraf, Allegation, Pakistan, Taliban, Pakistani army, Taliban insurgency, and Muttahida Quami Movement
-
New Kerala | 3 days ago
UN commission probing BB assassination case seeks 3-month extension
Islamabad, Nov.26 : The United Nations inquiry commission probing the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has sought a three-month extension from the Pakistan government. According to sources, Chile s Ambassador...
In this article: United Nations, Pakistan, The Daily Times, Ban Ki-moon, Islamabad, and Chile
-
USATODAY.com | 4 days ago
Political crisis roils Pakistan as Taliban loom
...and criminal charges. The amnesty list was part of a U.S.-backed deal to allow Zardari's late wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to return from exile in 2007 and run for office safe in the knowledge she would not be dogged by...
In this article: Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Supreme Court, Allegation, and Al-Qaeda
-
The Australian | November 18, 2009
Independent UN Probe Into Bhutto Killing
...charged with examining the facts and circumstances behind the December 2007 assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto met recently with former President Pervez Musharraf. The Commission of Inquiry "had a frank, open and...
In this article: United Nations, Pervez Musharraf, Climate change, Ban Ki-moon, U.S., Copenhagen, and Security Council
-
New Kerala | November 17, 2009
UN enquiry commission interrogates Musharraf in Benazir murder case
Islamabad, Nov.18 : The UN commission probing the former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination case has reportedly quizzed former President General Pervez Musharraf. According to sources, the enquiry commission...
In this article: Pervez Musharraf, UN, Islamabad, and Pakistan
-
New Kerala | November 14, 2009
Benazir assassination: Lahore High Court issues notice to Musharraf, others
...former President General Pervz Musharraf and former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in connection with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination case. Hearing a petition filed by a lawyer seeking registration of a...
In this article: Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pervaiz Elahi, Respondent, The Dawn, and Punjab
-
The Times of India - World | November 14, 2009
Notice to Musharraf for third time in Bhutto case
...aides to respond to a petition seeking registration of a case against them for alleged involvement in the killing of former premier Benazir Bhutto. The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court issued the notices yesterday to Musharraf and...
In this article: Pervez Musharraf, Rawalpindi, Rehman Malik, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Ijaz Shah, and UN
Trends
Loading...
More on Benazir Bhutto
Description from Wikipedia:
Benazir Bhutto (Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو, Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, IPA: /beːnəziːɾ bʊʈːoː/) (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan. Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state, having twice been Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996). She was Pakistan's first and to date only female prime minister.
Bhutto was the eldest child of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani of Sindhi descent and Shia Muslim by faith, and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish descent, similarly Shia Muslim by faith. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, who came to Larkana District in Sindh before the independence from his native town of Bhatto Kalan, in the Indian state of Haryana.
Bhutto was sworn in as Prime Minister 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 on grounds of alleged corruption. In 1993 she was re-elected but was again removed in 1996 on similar charges, this time by President Farooq Leghari. She went into self-imposed exile in Dubai in 1998.
- Birth Date:
- June 21, 1953
- Birthplace:
- Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Death Date:
- December 27, 2007
- Place of Death:
- Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Religion:
- Islam
- Spouse:
- Asif Ali Zardari
- University Attended:
- Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Radcliffe College, Harvard University
- Political party:
- Pakistan Peoples Party
Explore everything named Benazir Bhutto...