Word: benazir
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than 10,000 cheering voices vibrated in the air as the train pulled into view of Gujranwala, a farming and industrial center in the northeast state of Punjab. Red-black-and-green banners embossed with the arrow of the Pakistan People's Party (P.P.P.) fluttered overhead. The chant "Benazir, Prime Minister!" crescendoed as Benazir Bhutto, 35, stepped onto the platform. Holding high the party's manifesto, the candidate declared, "You have a chance to decide the future. Vote for the arrow aimed at the heart of injustice...
...Benazir Bhutto's campaign had barely got off the ground two weeks ago, when she came down with a kidney infection, little more than a month after giving birth to a son, Bilawal. But Bhutto's opponents have their own problems. The leading member of the Alliance is the Pakistan Muslim League, which dominated the National Assembly under Zia. Though the League has a hold on all four provinces, it lacks a national leader...
Within two hours, 7,000 people had assembled in front of the Bhutto villa, chanting "Long live Bhutto!" and "Benazir the prime minister...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan--Benazir Bhutto '73 claimed victory early this morning after election returns showed her populist party trouncing the opposition in Pakistan's first open elections in more than a decade...
...crowd chanted "Long Live Benazir!" and "Benazir, prime minister...