New Delhi. On this one day, Benazir Bhutto, one of the biggest women leaders of the world, was tragically murdered. It is known that she had been the first woman in Pakistan to assume the responsibility of Prime Minister. She was the daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, born in the Bhutto family, Pakistan’s largest political family, and became the Prime Minister of the country at the young age of just 35. Yes, twice in 1988-90 and 1993-96, he took over the responsibility of the Prime Minister of the country.
Benazir’s Student Life
By the way, Benazir’s early education took place in a convent school in Pakistan. After that she went to America for higher education. After taking her degree from Harvard, USA, she went to Oxford for International Law and Diplomacy course. Benazir was very famous for her parties while studying in Oxford. Her colleagues also recalled that period and told that her life in Oxford was like that of a wealthy Islamic girl free from the shackles of a fanatical Muslim family.
Became Prime Minister of Pakistan
Later in Pakistan during Zia-ul-Haq’s era (1979) Benazir’s father and former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged. After the death of his father, Bhutto started his political career with his father’s party (Pakistan People’s Party). At the age of 29, she became the chairperson of the party. However, after the death of her father, she was also imprisoned by the military government of the country for about three years.
After this imprisonment, she got permission to go abroad and she went to London. In 1988, he was allowed to come to Pakistan from England and in the same year his party won the general elections with an overwhelming majority. After this she formed a coalition government and also became the first woman prime minister of Pakistan. After this, in the year 1987, Bhutto married Asif Ali Zardari. However, Benazir was forced to leave the country once again in 1999 after being convicted of corruption.
Pakistan returned in 2007 but got death
After this, in the year 2007, when the military power was dying in Pakistan and people were raising their voices for democracy from all sides, then Benazir Bhutto returned to her country after nine years of exile. However, the Musharraf government, while allowing him to return, had also expressed the possibility of a deadly attack on him. On this Benazir said, “It seems to me that the greatest protection is God’s and if God wills then everything will be fine.” But then he was gunned down and killed in his first rally in Rawalpindi on 27 December the same year.