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Accompanied by men more than twice his age, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari sat through his introduction with the downward gaze of a sullen teenager. But when it came time to speak, he looked up with the same large brown eyes that from underneath her headscarf helped make his mother famous, and which now seem to reflect the gaze of the world...
...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...
...elections will go forward in a transparent and convincing manner. Rallies are the cornerstone of Pakistani politicking. Only an estimated third of the population has access to television, and half are illiterate, making personal appearances essential to gain votes. Accusations are rife that the polls will be rigged - Bhutto was planning to present investigative documents detailing government plans for skewing the vote in its favor when she died. Nobody was expecting Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid (PML-Q) to receive a landslide; rather, Bhutto's report suggested, rigging would ensure that the government party would simply get enough votes...
...Musharraf has lost that opportunity. He could yet step down, after ensuring that the upcoming parliamentary elections are absolutely transparent and that a working government is formed in the new parliament. His tenure would still be haunted by the increase in terrorist attacks, rampant Talibanization and the assassination of Bhutto, but it's a better legacy than being forced from office...