Benazir murder case: FIA prosecutor shot dead in Islamabad
Triune excerpt
Ali was scheduled to appear in an anti-terrorism court (ATC)
in Rawalpindi today, pertaining to the Benazir murder case.
Ali was also the prosecutor investigating
the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which 166 people were killed.
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In 1982, at age 29, Benazir Bhutto became the chairwoman of PPP – a centre-left, democratic socialist political party, making her the first woman in Pakistan to head a major political party. In 1988, she became the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state[1] and was also Pakistan's first (and thus far, only) female prime minister. Noted for her charismatic authority[2] and political astuteness, Benazir Bhutto drove initiatives for Pakistan's economy and national security, and she implemented social capitalist policies for industrial development and growth. In addition, her political philosophy and economic policies emphasised deregulation (particularly of the financial sector), flexible labour markets, the denationalisation of state-owned corporations, and the withdrawal of subsidies to others. Benazir Bhutto's popularity waned amid recession, corruption, and high unemployment which later led to the dismissal of her government by conservative President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.
In 1993, Benazir Bhutto was re-elected for a second term after the 1993 parliamentary elections. She survived an attempted coup d'état in 1995, and her hard line against the trade unions and tough rhetorical opposition to her domestic political rivals and to neighbouring India earned her the nickname "Iron Lady";[3] she was also respectfully referred to as "B.B." In 1996, the charges of corruption levelled against her led to the final dismissal of her government by President Farooq Leghari. Benazir Bhutto conceded her defeat in the 1997 Parliamentary elections and went into self-imposed exile in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 1998.
After nine years of self-exile, she returned to Pakistan on 18 October 2007, after having reached an understanding with President Pervez Musharraf, by whom she was granted amnesty and all corruption charges were withdrawn. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a bombing on 27 December 2007, after leaving PPP's last rally in the city of Rawalpindi, two weeks before the scheduled 2008 general election in which she was a leading opposition candidate. The following year, she was named one of seven winners of the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights.[4]
| Benazir Bhutto بينظير ڀٽو بے نظیر بھٹو | |
|---|---|
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| Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 19 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
| President | Wasim Sajjad Farooq Leghari |
| Preceded by | Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi(Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Malik Meraj Khalid (Acting) |
| In office 2 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 | |
| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Acting) |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 5 November 1996 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Fazal-ur-Rehman |
| In office 6 November 1990 – 18 April 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Khan Abdul Wali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Nawaz Sharif |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 26 January 1994 – 10 October 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Babar Ali (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Naveed Qamar |
| In office 4 December 1988 – 6 December 1990 | |
| Prime Minister | Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (Acting) Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Mahbub ul Haq (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sartaj Aziz |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 4 December 1988 – 6 August 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Haroon (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ghous Ali Shah |
| Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party | |
| In office 12 November 1982 – 27 December 2007 Acting until 10 January 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Nusrat Bhutto |
| Succeeded by | Asif Ali Zardari Bilawal Zardari Bhutto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1953 Karachi, Pakistan |
| Died | 27 December 2007 (aged 54) Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Spouse(s) | Asif Ali Zardari (1987–2007) |
| Relations | Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (father) Nusrat Bhutto (mother) Murtaza Bhutto (brother) Shahnawaz Bhutto (brother) Sanam Bhutto (sister) |
| Children | Bilawal Bakhtawar Asifa |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford St Catherine's College, Oxford Karachi Grammar School |
| Religion | Islam |
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| Website | Official website |