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Benazir Bhutto
Bhutto, Benazir
Bhutto, Benazir (1953– ) Pakistani stateswoman, prime minister (1988–90, 1993–96), daughter of Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto. Benazir was long considered the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, but was subject to house arrest and forced into exile. Jubilation and violence marked her return in 1986. Two years later, Bhutto proclaimed a “people's revolution” and become the first woman prime minister of Pakistan. President Khan dismissed her on charges of corruption. Re-elected in 1993, further claims of corruption led to her second dismissal in 1996.
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Politicians, civil society pay tribute to Benazir Bhutto.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 12/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...paid glowing tributes to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed on her first death anniversary...anniversary related functions of the Benazir Bhutto. Various social welfare bodies...government will follow the footsteps of Benazir Bhutto and fulfill her dream of a prosperous...
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Column: Memories of Benazir Bhutto; The chirpy teenager, the old e-mails.(Column)
News Wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh; 1/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...Courier): The assassination of Benazir Bhutto sends waves of sadness all the...always the future that beckoned Benazir Bhutto. Somehow there was always the...the hanging of the father. When Benazir Bhutto ascended to power in 1988, the...
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 "The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan)")
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After Bhutto, Benazir leads from her grave.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 12/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...December 26 (THE NATION): I led Benazir Bhutto to the room where her brother...as it paid tribute to the last Bhutto, Benazir. I have filed to figure out why...the first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto is being observed today, the...
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Leaders pay tribute to Benazir Bhutto.
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan); 2/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...memorial reference of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto on Friday supported the PPP stance...Memorial Reference of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto organised by PPP Karachi division...Babar Awan paid rich tribute to Benazir Bhutto saying that she was assassinated...
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VOA NEWS: BENAZIR BHUTTO'S RETURN TO PAKISTAN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...country. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan last week...Times of London, who accompanied Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan, agrees. She says...street. Mr. Haqqani suggests that Benazir Bhutto's dramatic homecoming may have...
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Investigation into Benazir Bhutto murder completes: Ch. Abdul Majeed.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Ch. Abdul Majeed said here on...miscreants to Rawalpindi for killing Benazir Bhutto. He said they had planned to target Benazir Bhutto in different cities, until she...
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Profile: Exiled Pakistani President Benazir Bhutto plans to run for re-election in October despite General Musharraf's new laws
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Profile: Exiled Pakistani President Benazir Bhutto plans to run for re-election...parliament. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who lives in exile in London...MICHAEL SULLIVAN reporting: Benazir Bhutto and the military have a long history...
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Rich tributes paid to Benazir Bhutto, Zardari tipped as PPP candidate for premiership.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...Speakers at a seminar on Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, Ahedsaz Shakhsiat, organized...deterrence while his daughter Benazir Bhutto brought missile technology from...tributes to PPP martyred chairperson Benazir Bhutto, besides discussing about her...
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The real Bhutto: against the myth-making.(PAKISTAN)(Benazir Bhutto)
Magazine article from: National Review; 1/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; IN the days since Benazir Bhutto's assassination, much...the few shots of the Bhutto mausoleum near Larkhana, where Benazir is now buried next to...children would be adding Bhutto to their surname. (Benazir had kept her maiden name...
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VOA NEWS: BENAZIR BHUTTO SET TO RETURN TO PAKISTAN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...Simkins Exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is set to return to her homeland this week...Chris Simkins, VOA's Melinda Smith profiles Benazir Bhutto's life. Benazir Bhutto has lived abroad for much of her life, and has...
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Bhutto, Benazir
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Benazir Bhutto Born: June 21, 1953 Karachi, Pakistan Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto became prime minister of Pakistan in...from 1971 to 1977. Political family Benazir Bhutto was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on...
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Benazir Bhutto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (born 1953) became prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. Heir to the political legacy of her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (prime minister from 1971 to 1977), she was the first woman in modern times to head the government...
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Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (1928–79...minister (1973–77), father of Benazir Bhutto . In 1967 he founded the Pakistan People's Party. In 1970 elections, Bhutto gained a majority in West Pakistan but...
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Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...called for elections in November. Benazir Bhutto, daughter of Zulfikar, was named...minister of water and power in Benazir Bhutto's cabinet. As neither of the...President Ghulam Ishaq Khan deposed Benazir Bhutto, citing her government for corruption...
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Pakistan
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...People's Party (PPP) won the ensuing elections and Benazir Bhutto , daughter of Zulfikar, became president. Charged...charges of corruption, and lost the 1993 elections to Benazir Bhutto. In 1994, inspired by a militant campaign for an...
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