2007-12-28 11:09:35 · 5 answers · asked by WHHHAT??? 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It's as big a deal as if someone shot Hillary Clinton. She was the leader of the opposition - she was the hope of democracy for many Pakistanis. She was the one that many saw would end Musharraff's tyranny - and now she's dead, and many Pakistanis believe Musharraff, not Al Qaeda, is responsible.
2007-12-28 11:22:47 · answer #1 · answered by Mordent 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
"Benazir Bhutto (IPA: [beËnÉziËr bɦÊÊËoË]; English IPA: /ËbÉ.nÉ.zɪr Ëbu.toÊ/;[1] 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan affiliated to the Socialist International. Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state, having been twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Bhutto was the eldest child of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani of Sindhi descent and Shia Muslim by faith, and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish descent, of similarly Shia Muslim by faith. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, who came to Larkana Sindh before partition from his native town of Bhatto Kalan, which was situated in the Indian state of Haryana.
Bhutto was sworn in for the first time in 1988 at the age of 35, but was removed from office 20 months later under the order of then-president Ghulam Ishaq Khan on grounds of alleged corruption. In 1993 Bhutto was re-elected but was again removed in 1996 on similar charges, this time by President Farooq Leghari. Bhutto went into self-imposed exile in Dubai in 1998.
Bhutto returned to Pakistan on 18 October 2007, after reaching an understanding with President Pervez Musharraf by which she was granted amnesty and all corruption charges were withdrawn. She was assassinated on 27 December 2007, after departing a PPP rally in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, two weeks before scheduled elections where she was a leading opposition candidate."
2007-12-28 19:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by Darkskinnyboy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be American judging from your appalling knowledge of world events and your very poor use of the English language.
Suggest you take the time to read, listen and LEARN!
2007-12-29 04:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by General Guru Master 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone who was more committed to fighting terrorists than others in her country!
2007-12-28 19:22:13 · answer #4 · answered by Constitutional Watchdog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
turn on any news cast and get the facts......the big deal is someone running for office...who might have won has been assassinated
2007-12-28 19:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by vi 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋