Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

[Peer]

around 20 dead.

BB rec'd a bullet in her neck..

Edited December 27, 2007 by Peer

[Peer]

unconfirmed news say Benazir is dead!!

[Peer]

^it's confirmed now!!

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

OMG!!!! I am shocked!!!

Inna lillahi wa inna elahi rajioon!!

I was never a fan of hers, but she was a remarkable, courageous and an intelligent woman!!!

She was one of the finest women in politics in the whole world. Its such a loss to Pakistan!

My mum was saying what an i-ll fated her familay is, literally every member was assasinated etc.

Edited December 27, 2007 by Malek-e-Ashtar

[Peer]

Asif Ali Zardari coming home tonight...

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

One of the small developing countries we are, but we've had great influential people, its such a shame they can't be valued. I'm devastated for my country, I so can't relate to it and its people.

I guess 'muslims kill women' is probably going to be the agenda on Western Media now.

[albaqyr]

whos banzir , would anyone not ming telling me who is that

[Zuljenah]

Shocking, indeed...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/2...arif/index.html

[AkbarHassan]

My dad called me when they showe dit on the news, I thought he was joking aroudnbut :o

[sk00n]

Yeah, its all over the news...

Why is everyone so shocked?

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

A lil profile form wikipedia:

Benazir Bhutto (IPA: [beːnɜziːr bʰʊʈʈoː]; Urdu: ÈیäÙیÑ ÈªŠæ, Sindhi: ÈیäÙیÑ ڀõٽæ; born 21 June 1953 - December 27, 2007) was a Pakistani politician. Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a post-colonial Muslim state. She was twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. She was sworn in for the first time in 1988 but removed from office 20 months later under orders of then-president Ghulam Ishaq Khan on grounds of alleged corruption. In 1993 Bhutto was re-elected but was again removed in 1996 on similar charges, this time by President Farooq Leghari.

Bhutto went into self-imposed exile in Dubai in 1998, where she remained until she returned to Pakistan on October 18, 2007, after reaching an understanding with General Musharraf by which she was granted amnesty and all corruption charges were withdrawn.[1]

She was the eldest child of former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, a Pakistani of Sindhi extraction, and Begum ("Lady") Nusrat Bhutto, a Pakistani of Iranian-Kurdish extraction. Her paternal grandfather was Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto who came to Larkana Sindh before partition from his native town of Bhatto Kalan which was situated in the Indian state of Haryana.

She was assassinated on December 27, 2007 during a suicide bombing attack on an election rally in Rawalpindi.

Education

After completing her early education in Pakistan, she pursued her higher education in the United States. From 1969 to 1973 she attended Radcliffe College, and then Harvard University, where she obtained a B.A. degree cum laude in comparative government.[4] She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.[3]

The next phase of her education took place in the United Kingdom. Between 1973 and 1977 Bhutto studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She completed a course in International Law and Diplomacy while at Oxford.[5] In December 1976 she was elected president of the Oxford Union, becoming the first Asian woman to head the prestigious debating society.[3]

On 18 December 1987 she married Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi. The couple have three children: Bilawal, Bakhtwar, and Aseefa.

Family

Benazir Bhutto's father, former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was dismissed as Prime Minister in 1975, on charges similar to those Benazir Bhutto would later face. Later, in a 1977 trial on charges of conspiracy to murder the father of dissident politician Ahmed Raza Kasuri, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was sentenced to death.

Despite the accusation being "widely doubted by the public",[6] and despite many clemency appeals from foreign leaders, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged on 4 April 1979. Appeals for clemency were dismissed by acting President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Benazir Bhutto and her mother were held in a "police camp" until the end of May, after the execution.[7]

In 1980, Benazir Bhutto's brother Shahnawaz was killed under suspicious circumstances, in France. The killing of another of her brothers, Mir Murtaza, in 1996, contributed to destabilizing her second term as Prime Minister.

For further info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto

Edited December 27, 2007 by Malek-e-Ashtar

[MOHIB E AHLAYBAIT]

All those pro BB, can you please tell me during her rule how many shias were killed in Pakistan just for their beliefs?? and what she did about it?? How stable was Pakistan as a whole? What were the economic conditions of an average Pakistani? What kind of a life style was BB leading herself?

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

Some photos

All those pro BB, can you please tell me during her rule how many shias were killed in Pakistan just for their beliefs?? and what she did about it?? How stable was Pakistan as a whole? What were the economic conditions of an average Pakistani? What kind of a life style was BB leading herself?

Dude there is somthing bad to say about EVERY politician in the world! Beacsue they are politicans!

Nevertheless she was a 'gem' of this country. She deserves respect.

We all agree to disagree, I never supported her or her policies, but her death is a huge loss to our nation!

[MOHIB E AHLAYBAIT]

she was a 'gem' of this country. She deserves respect.

We all agree to disagree, I never supported her or her policies, but her death is a huge loss to our nation!

It will be easier to decide that once you have answered my questions.

Edited December 27, 2007 by MOHIB E AHLAYBAIT

[dingdong]

If you people dont mid me asking why is Benazir being discussed onan Islamic board? :unsure: She didnt bring any Islamic government.

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

A youtube Video regarding her views on Pak's nuclear facilities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msP2mPFbj2M

[Fadlallah79]

(salam) I was not a fan of hers either. However, I did admire her courage. Obviously, she believed in what she was doing and stood up for her cause. However, I think that we should not be naive. This attack and most others in the Arab and Muslim world often have a hidden hand in the equation to stir up disunity and chaos in the region. Just a thought.

[SHIA-OF-ALI]

what's she got do do with Islam? She was hardly innocent was she?

[Smarter Planet]

"Are we to him unto we return to him"

Wont this affect upcoming Moharram?

[Bonafide Hustler]

Ya Allah save PAKISTAN

[Thaqalain]

Can't comment as its too shocking. If name of America will be attached to anyone, this is what we got at end.

[dingdong]

I think theres going to be an Irani style revolution soon in Pakistan only that it wont be Islamic, it will Secular like in Turkey.

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

She was a political figure and this is a political forum mind you, ding dong.

Fadlalah, I agree, she had the courage of god-knows what, her father being excecuted, brother murdered, she was imprisoned a dozen times, exiled, husaband imprisosned for ages, prime minster twice, still returns for another go. I mean for a woman if thats not courage then i don't know what is!

The other participants are nothing compared to her knowledge, rapport, skills etc. She was an asset to the country.

Likewise, off course there are hidden agendas behind her assasination, general elections were just round the corner.

Edited December 27, 2007 by Malek-e-Ashtar

[Mathematics]

i am sure she was without " imam e zimin" this time

Don't be so sure.

[mmm]

Ya Allah save PAKISTAN

Probably assasinated by a westerner.

This will most likely spark into a civil war.

She was not a good woman although i was shocked to see her assasinated. I woke up for fajr and went to check my mail and i saw the news and then i opened my eyes and read that again. Shocking absolutelry shocking.

[Thaqalain]

Ya Allah save PAKISTAN

Pakistan is already divided in 1971 and we used to assainate our heros since first premier Liaqat Ali Khan. White House has to pay for division and disintegration, disfragmentation of Islamababd.

Edited December 27, 2007 by Thaqalain

[Psyops]

does this guarantee Sharif as next president?

[Smarter Planet]

Ya Allah save PAKISTAN

Ya Allah(SWT) make muslims WAKE UP from DEEP SLEEP

[Thaqalain]

There was a shia mind and heart inside her.

U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton with her daughter Chelsea, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, holding hands with her son Bilawal and daughter Bakhtawar, take a stroll in this March 26, 1995 file photo, in the garden of the prime minister's residence, in Islamabad. Opposition leader Bhutto died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, a party aide said. A party security adviser said Bhutto was shot in the neck and chest as she got into her vehicle, following a suicide attack.

(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash, File)

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto wears a shawl presented by her supporters, a gesture of respect, during her visit to Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007.

Bhutto was undergoing surgery Thursday Dec. 27, 2007, after she was wounded in a suicide attack

that killed at least 20 other people, according to a party aide said. Sen. Safdar Abbasi said Bhutto was been hit in the bomb blast and was in a serious condition.

(AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)

Edited December 27, 2007 by Thaqalain

[Malek-e-Ashtar]

does this guarantee Sharif as next president?

lol, no

Another youtube video, an interview on Aljazeera (english), with Sir David:

Edited December 27, 2007 by Malek-e-Ashtar

[mmm]

Crack is good. WE now think now muslims are on CRACK in pakistan. How was she a good person least of all a good muslim? Her dad was a thief! She was as well. Im not justifying her getting killed, but she is by nomeans a "hero"

[MOHIB E AHLAYBAIT]

This will most likely spark into a civil war.

So now its not just shias.

[Maula Dha Mallang]

i hated benazir, i thought she was an embarrassment, but no one deserves to be murdered, especially in such a painful and undignified way.

on the bright side....less competition for mushy in february! woohoo!

[dingdong]

The least I can say to the Shias of Pakistan and BEG them to do is to behave like a pregnant she camel. Imam Ali (as) has said that during civil unrest be like a pregnant she camel I think. So that means just shut up and keep tight and cozy at home while the Sunnis fight it out. Wait for the Ayatollahs to give their fatwas for war.

Edited December 27, 2007 by dingdong

[Thaqalain]

FILE** Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, left, talks with President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto before their summit talks in Simla, India, in a June 28, 1972 file photo. Bhutto's daughter, Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007 in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at the end of a campaign rally, aides said.

(AP Photo, File)

Benazir Bhutto, center, former prime minister of Pakistan, comes out of Landhi jail with her son Bilawal Bhutto, left, and daughter Asifa Bhutto after meeting her husband Asif Zardari on Sept. 25, 1998, in Karachi. Bhutto was assassinated Thursday Dec. 27, 2007 in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at the end of a campaign rally, aides said.

(AP Photo)

Edited December 27, 2007 by Thaqalain