KARACHI – The tenth death anniversary of former Prime Minster and Pakistan Peoples Party slain leader Benazir Bhutto is being observed across the country today (Wednesday).
She was assassinated on December 27, 2007 immediately after addressing a public meeting at the Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi.
PPP Sindh President and senior minister Nisar Ahmad Khurho has said that all arrangements to mark the death anniversary have been finalised at Garhi Khuda Bux where the slain leader is buried.
He said that Quran Khawani will be held for the departed soul of Benazir Bhutto, at Garhi Khuda Bux Bhutto on Wednesday.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, co-chairman of PPP and former President Asif Ali Zardari and central leaders of PPP will also address the party workers and supporters.
A public holiday has been announced across the province on December 27 to mark the 10th death anniversary of Pakistan Peoples Party’s martyred leader Benazir Bhutto.
Political Struggle
After her father was hanged to death, she started her heroic struggle against dictatorship and proved herself to be the absolutely worthy political heir of her father.
After she came back to Pakistan in 1977, Benazir was put under house arrest after the military toppled her father’s government. A year later, General Mohammad Ziaul Haq ordered the execution of Zulfiqar Bhutto.
In 1984, she shifted to England due to strict restrictions on her family, and resided there till 1988.
Benazir successfully led the People’s Party through the 1988 elections. After winning support from a coalition government in the National Assembly, Benazir assumed the Prime Minister’s Office in December 1988.
Benazir however struggled to maintain control over power, with both her tenures marked by political and economic instability. Benazir’s government was dismissed on August 7, 1990 by the then President who accused her administration of corruption and nepotism. She also held premier’s office for a second time but assembly was dissolved again.
