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Benazir Bhutto[ a] (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician and stateswoman who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman elected to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.
20 Jun 2024 · Benazir Bhutto (born June 21, 1953, Karachi, Pakistan—died December 27, 2007, Rawalpindi) was a Pakistani politician who became the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history. She served two terms as prime minister of Pakistan, in 1988–90 and 1993–96.
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھُٹو کا قتل) took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition party Pakistan People's Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008.
27 Dis 2017 · Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to lead a Muslim country. The decade since an assassin killed her has revealed more about how Pakistan works than it has about who actually...
2 Apr 2014 · Benazir Bhutto inherited leadership of the PPP after a military coup overthrew her father's government and won election in 1988, becoming the first female prime minister of a Muslim...
9 Nov 2009 · Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) was the first democratically elected female leader of a Muslim country during a tumultuous life that ended with her assassination.
12 Jan 2018 · BBC World Service investigates the assassination of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, 10 years after her murder.
27 Dis 2007 · As a Muslim woman leader, Bhutto was almost an iconic figure in the West. But her actual career in office was one of great populist spectacles and little governmental achievement. It was a...
3 Mei 2013 · Benazir Bhutto followed her father into politics and both of them died because of it - he was executed in 1979 and she fell victim to an apparent suicide bomb attack.
27 Dis 2007 · The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the 54-year-old former Pakistani prime minister and opposition leader, in the city of Rawalpindi has a grim symbolism. It was there nearly 29...
