Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan’s first female prime minister. She became the first female Prime Minister in the history of Pakistan in 1988, but only 20 months later, the then President of Pakistan, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, dismissed the Assembly and held new elections at his own discretion, accusing her of corruption.
Benazir Bhutto belonged to the Pakistan People's Party. Zulfiqar
Ali Bhutto's eldest daughter, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was born on
June 21, 1953, in the famous political Bhutto family of Sindh.
Education:
Benazir Bhutto received her early education at Lady Jennings Nursery School and at the Convent of Jesus and Mary Karachi. She also studied at the Rawalpindi Presentation Convent for two years, after which she was admitted to Jesus and Mary in Murree. She passed the O level examination at the age of 15. In April 1969, she entered Radcliffe College, Harvard University. In 1973, Benazir Bhutto graduated from Harvard University with a degree of political science. She then enrolled at Oxford University, where she earned an MA in Philosophy, Economics and Political Science. She was very popular with other students at Oxford University.
Living conditions:
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto returned to her homeland in June 1977 after
studying in the United Kingdom with the intention of serving in the country's
foreign affairs. But two weeks after Benazir arrival in Pakistan, the government
was overthrown by deteriorating conditions. General Zia-ul-Haq sent Zulfiqar
Ali Bhutto to prison and imposed martial law in the Pakistan. At the same time,
She was kept under house arrest.
In April 1979, the Supreme Court of Pakistan sentenced Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to death in a controversial murder case. In 1981, an alliance called MRD was formed to end martial law and restore democracy. Ghulam Mustafa, who led the movement against the dictatorship on August 14, 1983, announced the end of the movement in December 1983, but the people continued their struggle.
Benazir Butto was released from prison in 1984, after which she spent two years in exile in Britain. Meanwhile, PPP leaders made her the party chief. When Benazir returned home in April 1986 after martial law was lifted from the country, she was greeted at the Lahore airport. Benazir Bhutto married Asif Ali Zardari, son of Hakim Ali Zardari, an important figure in Nawabshah in 1987. But at the same time he did not give up his political struggle.
When Zia-ul-Haq died in a plane crash on August 17, 1988, the door to political change opened in the country. Senate Chairman Ghulam Ishaq has been made acting president. Which announced elections within 90 days. The country held general elections on November 16, 1988, in which the PPP won the largest number of seats in the National Assembly. And on December 2, 1988, at the age of 35, Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the country's first female Prime Minister. Twenty months later, in August 1990, President Ishaq Khan fired Benazir's government for widespread corruption.
On October 2, 1990,
new elections were held in the country in which the PML-N and the opposition
parties formed an alliance in the name of Islamic Democratic Alliance. Which
won a majority in the elections. As a result of these elections, PML-N chief
Nawaz Sharif became the Prime Minister. While Benazir became the Leader of the
Opposition. InFb 1993, then-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan fired Nawaz Sharif's
government for corruption. This was followed by general elections in October,
1993. In which the PPP and its allies won by a narrow majority and Benazir
became the Prime Minister once again. PPP's own president, Farooq Ahmad Khan
Leghari, fired Benazir's government in 1996 over insecurity and corruption,
corruption and extrajudicial killings.
Corruption and other charges:
In her first term, Benazir was ready to roll back Pakistan's nuclear program at the behest of the United States, but could not do so due to pressure from the army. This was considered as Benazir's enmity towards Pakistan. She and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, have been widely accused of financial corruption and have been prosecuted in various countries around the world. In October 2007, Benazir Bhutto, with the help of US aid, managed to get rid of all cases of financial corruption against her as a result of collusion with Pervez Musharraf's government. During the hearing on the National Reconciliation Decree, the National Accountability Office told the court that Asif Ali Zardari had acquired illicit assets worth 1.5 billion dollars during Benazir's rule.
Military throne 2007:
Benazir Bhutto secretly supported the imposition of a state of
emergency by military dictator Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007 and the
removal of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. However, to the extent of
rhetoric, Benazir briefly criticized the military move, but later openly
supported it and proved her duplicity.
Before death:
Benazir Bhutto went into exile in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, shortly after the assassination of her brother Murtaza Bhutto and the fall of her government. Meanwhile, Benazir, along with Nawaz Sharif and other party leaders, founded ARD in London. And declared full resistance against the government of General Pervez Musharraf in the country. An important development took place during his exile. When Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto signed the Pact of Democracy in London on May 14, 2006 and decided to restore democracy and not to be used against each other.
The second development took place when an important meeting between General Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto took place in Abu Dhabi on July 28, 2007, after which the PPP chairperson returned home on October 18 after ending almost eight and a half years in exile. The late was greeted at the airport. Benazir's convoy was heading towards Mazar-e-Quaid on Shahra-e-Faisal when a sudden explosion ripped through the area, killing 150 people and injuring hundreds. Benazir was safely escorted to Bilawal House during this scene of Qiyamat-e-Sughra.
When the PPP chairperson returned to
Dubai to visit her children (Bilawal, Bakhtawar and Asifa), General Musharraf
declared a state of emergency inside the country on November 3. Upon hearing
this news, Benazir returned home from Dubai. He called for an end to the
emergency, lifting the ban on TV channels and reinstating Supreme Court judges.
By that time, the country had become a caretaker government and the various
parties seemed to be divided on the issue of participation in the elections. In
this case, the PPP fielded candidates in all constituencies under the strategy
of not leaving the field empty. And submit nomination papers.
Controversial statements:
1: Benazir openly supported the Lal Masjid operation.
2: In an interview, she vowed that she would allow US forces to operate on Pakistani soil once she came to power. After which they became a threat to the existence of Pakistan.
3: On another occasion, she said that after coming to power, she would hand over the country's great nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan to the United States for questioning.
These statements of Mohtarma caused great unrest in the Pakistani
nation. The nation was forced to wonder how far she could go to please the
United States and the West in order to win the seat.
Murder:
On December 27, 2007, when Benazir was returning to Islamabad in
her car after addressing a public meeting at Liaquat Bagh, activists of the
People's Youth Organization were chanting slogans in favor of Benazir Bhutto at
the main entrance of Liaquat Bagh. ۔
As she was leaving the roof of her car to show solidarity with party workers,
an unidentified man opened fire on her. Then there was a loud explosion some
distance from Benazir's car. A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-laden belt
blew himself up. The car in which Benazir Bhutto was riding was also severely
damaged in the blast, but the driver of the car drove away in the same
condition and took her to Rawalpindi General Hospital where she succumbed to
her injuries. According to Benazir's will, the PPP leadership was bequeathed to
her 19-year-old son Bilawal Zardari Bhutto.
In a conversation with David Frost on November 2, 2007, Benazir
claimed that Osama bin Laden had been killed by Omar Sheikh. In his book,
Pervez Musharraf has described Omar Sheikh as an agent of British secret agency
MI5.
Murder investigation:
After the formation of the government, the PPP requested the United
Nations to conduct an inquiry into Benazir's assassination in accordance with
its old demand, which it accepted. Asif Ali Zardari claimed on the first
anniversary of Benazir's assassination that he knew who the killers were.
However, in his speech on the second anniversary of the assassination after
becoming President, he could not say anything about it. The speech was described
by observers as inferior.
Former military chief Mirza Aslam Baig has claimed that Benazir was killed by Blackwater. It is widely believed in some quarters that the assassination was ordered by Dick Cheney, but it is often said that it was a lie. This would have made it much easier for the US to pursue its interests inside Pakistan.
Bhutto Family BackGround:
The Bhutto family is a political family of Pakistan which belongs
to the Pakistan People's Party. The Bhutto family hails from Sindh province of
Pakistan.
The Nawab of Junagarh was attacked in Nawabi Chapkalash and a
person involved in it was arrested on Bhutto's tip. The Nawab happily entrusted
Bhutto to the Kotwali of the palace, thus making it easier for Shah Nawaz to
come and go in the palace. At one party, Bhutto liked the Hindu script, which
later became Khurshid Bhutto.
Lakhi Bai's family was rich and close to the British and Bhutto did not miss this opportunity and as a result of this marriage Shahnawaz got the post of Diwan of Junagarh ie Prime Minister.
Bhutto was practically on the field with the Prime Minister of
Junagadh State on one side and the British spy on the other. Tehreek-e-Azadi
Pakistan was in full swing and Junagarh was to join Pakistan under the March 23
resolution, which Bhutto vehemently opposed and wrote a letter to the Hindu
Establishment.
As a result of this letter, Junagadh Residency
was separated from the expected map of Pakistan and added to India. The Muslims
fled and attacked the Gora platoon. When Bhutto saw death, he immediately went
to Mumbai Lakhi Bai and reached his father-in-law, where he remained hidden for
a few days. That Bhutto who was now Bhutto had stabbed Pakistan in the back. He
came to Karachi from Mumbai, and donated a lot to the Muslim League. He met
Hakim Zardari in a café in Karachi.
A man from the Muslim League recognized him, the matter came to a head, Jinnah Sahib then came to know that he was Junagadh Bhutto, but he did not say anything knowing the delicacy of the occasion. However, in a private meeting, he expressed strong dislike. On one occasion, when he spoke to Jinnah in Sindhi, he was shocked that not everyone understands, so speak Urdu!
This incident frightened Shahnawaz. He moved from Karachi to Goth Larkana. According to history, a Hindu named "Shito" who converted to Islam during the reign of Mughal King Aurangzeb was given this land and he was Shahnawaz Bhutto's great grandfather.
It is said that the accumulated treasury of
Junagarh and the loyalty of the British helped him a lot and Bhutto of Kalan
became the hero of Larkana Bhutto Khan Bahadur.
Sarshahanwaz Bhutto sold Junagadh.
Then his son Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto visited East
Pakistan. Bengal drowned.
People forgive but History does not forgive.
