Female Leaders Of West Asia:

Benazir Bhutto
Written By: Jade Elizabeth Sanchez Tinio

Benazir Bhutto was a politician from Pakistan who held the position of Prime Minister of
Pakistan twice, once from 1993 to 1996 and once from 1988 to 1990. She was the first
woman in a Muslim-majority nation to lead a democratic government. She led the center-left
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from the beginning of the 1980s until her assassination in 2007.
She was a liberal and secularist by ideology. Bhutto was born in Karachi into a politically
prominent and wealthy aristocratic family of mixed Sindhi and Kurdish education. In 1973,
her father, founder, and leader of the PPP Zulfikar were made Prime Minister on a socialist
platform.

Political Contribution
Zulfikar Bhutto established the Pakistan People's Party (PNP), which was led by his widow
following its establishment. However, this political force was actively led by Benazir, who
was in British exile. The girl can go back to Pakistan after General Ziya-ul-Haq dies in a
plane crash. She was greeted by three million people at the airport, demonstrating Benazir
Bhutto's unprecedented popularity.

Contribution to the Economy

Between the years 1974 and 1976, Bhutto's economic management style reduced the Planning
Commission's role and its capacity to advise political leaders. Access to state corridors
became the primary means of amassing a private fortune as corruption grew rapidly. This is
how leaders of state institutions use public economic intervention "as a means of expanding
their wealth and power." While working to prevent further nationalism, Bhutto implemented
socialist economic policies. Nationalized immediately were the major heavy mechanical,
chemical, and electrical industries, as well as banks, insurance companies, educational
establishments, and other private organizations. The government has complete control over
businesses like KESC. To reduce the ratio of the rich getting richer and the poor getting
poorer, Bhutto replaced Ayub Khan's state capitalism policies with socialist ones. In addition,
Bhutto established numerous cement factories, including Pakistan Steel Mills, the Heavy
Mechanical Complex (HMC), and Port Qasim. However, after nationalization, economic
growth slowed down, falling from 6.8% per year on average in the 1960s to 4.8% per year in
the 1970s. Because the decisions were not based on the market, the majority of the
nationalized units lost money. Distributional objectives were also not met by the Bhutto
government. Neediness and pay disparity expanded contrasted with the earlier ten years and
the pace of expansion expanded, averaging 16% from 1971 to 1977.

Contribution to Education
The Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program BBSYDP (referred to as the
"Procuring Agency") is sending you an RFP to solicit financial and technical proposals for
Skill Development Youth (Training Services) services. The Terms of Reference that follow
this page provide additional information regarding the services. The Benazir Bhutto Shaheed
Youth Development Program, or BBSYDP, was established to lower rates of poverty and
unemployment by offering youth in Sindh direction and assistance through skill development
to raise the social and economic profile of the nation. Since its inception in 2008, the program
has assisted more than 20 million young people in training for a respectable occupation and
finding suitable employment.