BENAZIR

BHUTTO
DAUGHTER
OF DESTINY

"I DIDN'T CHOOSE

THIS LIFE, IT CHOSE
ME"

FORCES
FOR
CHANGHES
 Benazir Bhutto, the Muslim World's
First Female Leader
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Benazir Bhutto returned to

her country after 8 years of
exile. She is still today the
symbol of democracy in
Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto is
the daughter of Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto. Ali Bhutto was a
very large landowner. He
was very rich. In the 1970s,
Ali Bhutto became head of
the Pakistani government.
leader of a political party
He launched Pakistan's
in opposition to Pakistani
nuclear program and made power: the Pakistani
the first concessions to the People's Party founded
Islamists. In 1977, he was by her father. She
overthrown by the military returned to Pakistan in
and hanged. 1986. Her party won the
elections for parliament in
His daughter, Benazir Bhutto 1988 and Benazir Bhutto
studied in the United States became the first female
and Great Britain. In her Prime Minister of a
youth, she led an easy life as Muslim country.
the children of the rich. But
we can say that she has guts
when she embarks on
political life. From Great
Britain first, she became
 Friday, 18 March 2022
When the ruling general’s plane
mysteriously fell from the sky in
1988, much of the nation rejoiced,
and elections were set. Ms. Bhutto
seized her moment, campaigned
as the “daughter of Pakistan” and,
at 35, reclaimed the office of prime
minister for her family.

She was elected twice, serving

from December 1988 to August
1990 and again from October 1993
to November 1996.
“Charismatic, striking and a canny
political operator,” The Times said
in an appraisal after her death.
“She ruled the party with an iron
hand, jealously guarding her
position, even while leading the
party in absentia for nearly a
decade.” And all that with a
powerful strategy: Civil
Disobedience

Ms. Bhutto spent most of the last

nine years of her life in self-
imposed exile, much of it in a
palatial estate in Dubai. After
receiving amnesty on the pending One of the
charges, she returned in late 2007 consequences
to seek a third term.
In 1990, Benazir Bhutto and her
husband were accused of
corruption. Because of this, Benazir
Bhutto must leave power. She fled
to the emirate of Dubai and then to
Great Britain to escape justice. In
1993, his party again won the
elections to the Pakistani
parliament. She becomes 1st
minister again but has to give up
power 3 years later for
mismanagement of the country.
THE IMAGE
OF
DEMOCRACY
B In 1999, she was again
accused of corruption and left the
country. In 2007, President Pervez
Musharraf is very unpopular. The
United States, allies of Pakistan, do
not want the country to fall into BB: In the early seventies, I
remember the discussions, late a
disorder. For many Pakistanis, night over milk and cookies and
coffee mugs; we would say that
Benazir Bhutto is the image of history is written by men, and
unless women start writing
democracy. But she left the history, the male perspective wil
country in 1999 because she was dominate. So I think it's importan
for women scholars to come
accused of corruption. She has forward, within the Muslim world
on Islam, because women will
always maintained that she was bring a different perspective.
accused for political reasons.

Early October Musharraf clears

Benazir Bhutto's corruption
charges. Benazir Bhutto can
therefore return to the country.
She has decided to lead her
party's electoral campaign for the
January 2008 legislative elections.
Benazir Bhutto wants to “save
democracy” in Pakistan. A job
that will not be easy between
American pressure, Islamist
pressure and the power of the
army in Pakistan
N The Pakistani authorities arrested and jailed the opposition leader
Benazir Bhutto
In Washington, the State Department criticized the crackdown,
saying, ''We regret the numerous arrests, including that of Benazir
Bhutto, and the limitations placed on freedom of movement.'' ] Miss
Bhutto, the 33-year-old head of the Pakistan People's Party, was
arrested tonight after addressing several thousand people at a rally
in the port city of Karachi. The Government said she would be held
for one month.
Bhutto Vows to Persist
Before her arrest, Miss Bhutto told the rally that ''our struggle to
bring democracy back to this country will go on until Gen.
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq's Government comes to an end.''

Pakistan still waits today for a real democracy to emerge, and an

elected leader from outside the few feudal families that have ruled
the country, alternating with the military, since its birth.
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY Inass NABOUSSY, Rime ELKADAOUI, Fahd BOURKADI 1ere G.A