Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhuttowas the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms in 1988–90 and then 1993–96. A scion of the politically powerful Bhutto family, she was the eldest daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a former prime minister who founded the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party. She was the first woman democratically elected as head of a majority Islamic nation...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth21 June 1953
CityKarachi, Pakistan
CountryPakistan
The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.
Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.
The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.
In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.
I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.
Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
He is highly unpopular, ... because people in our country blame the military for destabilizing civilian government.
It would be very good if I and Nawaz Sharif could return together but this will be discussed in our meeting.
The Taliban have apparently given refuge to an Arab who is leading a Jihad against the United States and who apparently sponsored the bombings.
We have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court and we hope that when we appeal, the Supreme Court will temporarily stay the sentence until the appeal is heard,
Today's meeting was one of the first steps to our return.
I am here after four years and I see a lot of changes around.
Now, when people are dying, you don't really look at who's offering the help. You take it. The first issue should be to help the people.
We are working on an electoral alliance but will not contest elections under one umbrella.