Pakistani Cricket Players: Benazir Bhutto Shaheed

Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Biography
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born on 21 June 1953 in Karachi, Pakistan in awealthy and famous political family. She was the daughter of Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto andBegum Nusrat Bhutto. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the famous political leader of Pakistancalled "Qaid-e-Awam" (i.e., Leader of the People). Beautiful child was nick-named"Pinky" due to her rosy pink comlexion. She was named "Benazir" whiuch means "onewithout equal". Her life proved she lived upto her name. She was educated in Karachi and Murree schools and convents and sent to HarvardUniversity for graduation. She got her graduation cu laude at 20. Then she was sent toOxford University for further education from where she got another graduation and adiploma in foreign affairs. Then she came back to Pakistan but at that time her father's government was finished bya militay coup. She stood with her father but he was hanged by the military regieme in1979. Then anther difficult period of her life started. The young girl took up the mantle of political struggle against the military dictatorship which continued till 1984. She was jailed and kept in solitary confinement during that period. After all she was sent toEurope on medical grouns in 1984. But she continued her struggle and returned toPakistan in 1986 when adoring crowd of more than a million people greeted her.In 1988 the military dictator died in an air plane crash. General election was conductedand Benazir Bhutto and her party won the elections. Benazir Bhutto became first electedfemale prime minister (chief executive) of a muslim nation at the age of just 35. But her government was dismissed by the establishment-backed president. She again wonelection in 1993 and become prime minister again. This time she got almost 3 years butagain dismissed by the president. She faced politically motivated charges of corruptionand abuse of power. She went to exile in 1998 and returned to Pakistan again in 2007 toagain adoring crowd of supporters but welcomed by twin bombings in the rally killingmore than 150 people and injuring more than 500 people. She survived then butcontinued to meet her people and after all martyred on 27th of december 2007 by gunshotand suicide bomb attack. She was called "Shaheed-e-Jamhuriat" (i.e. Martyar of Democracy). A hope of Pakistnis for democracy is lost. May her soul rest in peace.

Benazir Bhutto Shaheed