PPP marks birthday of former PM Benazir Bhutto
The first woman prime minister of the Muslim world and the former chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto’s 68th birthday is being celebrated today
Events across Sindh including Karachi will be held in remembrance of Bibi Benazir.
PPP chairperson and Benazir’s son Bilawal Bhutto will be cutting a birthday cake in the Sindh Assembly today
Sindh Chief Minister, Murad Ali Shah, took it to Twitter to pay a tribute to the former PM, he said that she restored democracy in the country by sacrificing her life and he also mentioned that Bibi has started vaccinating children against polio in Peshawar herself before her death and urged people to get themselves vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in order to pay tribute to her.
Early life and career of Benazir Bhutto
Benazir was a Pakistani democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto‚ a former prime minister of Pakistan and the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
In 1982‚ at the age of 29‚ Benazir became the chairperson of PPP, making her the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party. In 1988‚ she became the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state and was also Pakistan’s first and until today, the only female prime minister.
In 1993‚ Benazir Bhutto was re-elected for a second term after the 1993 parliamentary elections. She is also respectfully referred to as B.B. In 1996‚ the charges of corruption leveled against her led to the final dismissal of her government by President Farooq Leghari.
After nine years of isolation‚ she returned to Pakistan on 18 October 2007‚ after having reached an understanding with Pervez Musharraf‚ by which she was granted amnesty and all corruption charges were withdrawn.
Benazir was assassinated in a bombing on 27 December 2007‚ after leaving PPP’s last rally in the city of Rawalpindi.
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