Word: benazir
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...began the political career of the 19-year-old chairman of Pakistan's main opposition party, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). In his first full press conference since the Dec. 27 assassination of his mother, Benazir Bhutto, Bhutto Zardari laid out his plan to finish his three-year history degree at Christ Church College, Oxford and then enter politics, asserting that his lineage makes him a natural future leader of Pakistan...
...tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto ’73 rocked both Pakistan and the world. An articulate, charismatic, Harvard and Oxford-educated leader who was the first female elected leader of a Muslim nation, Bhutto has been eulogized by the international media as a saintly figure who was Pakistan’s greatest hope. Yet while there is no question that her death was an unfortunate event that has thrown Pakistan into disarray, Bhutto was not the panacea that many remember her as or wanted her to be. As prime minister, Bhutto was a reformer and was a strong advocate...
...Pakistan People's Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto?s tragic assassination and continued attacks on and kidnapping of army personnel round the year put a big question mark on the efficiency and effectiveness of the security forces against terrorism and to control the law and order situation in the country," wrote the report's authors...
...team of Scotland Yard investigators has arrived in Pakistan to assist authorities in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was killed on December 27 in a terrorist attack. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had initially rejected offers of international assistance with the inquiry, but changed tack mid-week, saying he was "displeased with the investigation," and that "we need more experience, maybe more forensic and technical experience that our people don't have." But given that the crime scene was hosed down within hours of the attack, and Bhutto was buried a week ago without...
...original version of this story incorrectly stated that Benazir Bhutto was a presidential candidate. She was a prime ministerial candidate...