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Benazir Bhutto A Life of Leadership and Courage

Benazir Bhutto was born in 1953 in Karachi, Pakistan to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Ispahani, the eldest of the four siblings. As a young girl, she was exposed to political ideas and policies by her father, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, and would one day follow in his footsteps. She completed her early education in Pakistan, and attended Radcliffe College, and graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1973 with a Bachelor’s degree in comparative government

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Benazir Bhutto Focus Healthcare, Rural Electricity, Schools etc.

“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 would also bring exile, imprisonment and devastating personal tragedy.

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Political Career

A Pioneering Journey in Pakistan's Leadership - Resilience, Progress, and Legacy Remembered

Upon her return to Pakistan in 1977, she (along with her family) was placed under house arrest following the removal of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as prime minister and the emergence of General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq to power.

Upon her return to Pakistan in 1977, she (along with her family) was placed under house arrest following the removal of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as prime minister and the emergence of General Mohammad Zia ul-Haq to power.

She inherited the leadership of her father’s political party, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and spent the next two years organizing rallies to force General Haq to drop murder charges against her father

Against local pleas and international pressure, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged on April 1979. Soon after she was arrested and taken to Larkana Central Jail. In 1981, she was imprisoned in Sindh Province.

Succumbing to immense international pressure, she (along with her family) was allowed to travel abroad in 1984 for medical aid. Following her recovery, she resumed her political pursuits, becoming a leader in exile for the PPP, and raising awareness of the state of political prisoners and human rights violations under the Zia regime.

In 1986, she returned to Pakistan after two years of self-exile upon the lifting of martial law, and launched a nationwide campaign for open elections.

In 1988, a mysterious aviation accident caused the death of General Haq, leaving a vacuum in Pakistan politics and the need for elections.