Benazir Bhutto-Daughter of the East

INTRODUCTION

Benazir Bhutto was born June 21, 1953, in Karachi, Pakistan. The meaning of her name is "one without equal." • She was eldest child in family of former President of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto .Her nick name was Pinkie. This name was given to her by her family because she was unusually pink baby; she attended catholic schools of Pakistan. She completed her higher studies from Harvard University’s Radcliffe College and Oxford University. She was the first Asian women to be elected president of oxford union. After graduation from oxford, Bhutto returned to Pakistan hoping to enter the Foreign Service in the government headed by her father who was prime minister at that time. Her father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was deposed in a 1977 due to the charges of corruption and misusing his powers and executed in 1979. After that, Benazir went to Britain. Initially she did not want to come in politics but after her father’s execution in 1979, she inherited the leadership of the PPP under military ruler General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq. In 1986, Bhutto returned to Pakistan from exile in Britain and welcomed by such large crowds that it took her march 9½ hours to travel the 8 miles from the airport to a rally site in Lahore. In 1988, Bhutto became the first woman president in the history of Pakistan. She elected as a president twice in 1988 and in 1993.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

·In 1988, The People Magazine included her, among the 50 most beautiful people of the world. That time Benazir was 35 years old.
·In 1988, Bhutto became the first woman president in the history of Pakistan. She elected as a president twice in 1988 and in 1993.
·Bhutto returned to Pakistan on 18 December 2007 after eight years of self-imposed exile. • Bhutto once mentioned that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Britain's "Iron Lady," was her role model.
·There are many books written about Benazir such as Benazir Bhutto (1989), Daughter of the East, Daughter of Destiny: Autobiography etc.
·Recently, MSN, a popular website declared Benazir Bhutto the 2nd most powerful woman in the world after Rodham Clinton.
·There is a similarity between Benazir Bhutto’s family, Gandhi Family of India and Canady family of America that most of the member of these families did not die natural but killed or executed.

CONCLUSION


Benazir Bhutto, an educated woman hailing from a Pakistani political family which has fought against despotism and dictatorship throughout its history, realized the dangers she will face upon her return to Pakistan after many years in exile. “In spite of that she was determined to boldly encounter the dangers in her homeland in a bid to rescue her country from the extremism and ignorance which currently threatens various aspects of life in Pakistan. “Such being the case, Benazir Bhutto henceforth should be looked as a noble example to be followed by Muslims who strive to develop their communities and local cultures, simply because she has spared no effort and with determination and bravery tried to develop her country when most others were sitting idle. Anyhow Number 9 proved unlucky for Benazir. She was born on in 1953. She married on 18 December and her marriage was most affected by her political career. She went into self-imposed exile in Dubai in 1998, which adds up to 27 and then the dreaded 9. She returned back on 18 December 2007, the sum of 18 and 2007 is also 9. She assassinated on 27 December. She was 54 years old when killed in Rawalpindi.