M OHTARMA

B ENAZIR
B HUTTO
( SHAHEED )
( 1953 – 2007 )
 Profile
 Born in Karachi on 21 June 1966 in a Shia
Muslim family of Sindh.
 Daughter of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (a
political leader and former Prime Minister)
and Nusrat Bhutto (former Member of
Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister
of Pakistan)
 Aged 16 sent to Harvard University
 1973 Father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, became
Prime Minister of Pakistan
 1977 returns to Pakistan. Martial law
declared, Bhutto's father is arrested
and Benazir is placed under house
arrest
 1979 Benazir Bhutto's father is hanged. She
becomes leader of Pakistan People's
Party. Spends seven years in exile or
under house arrest
 April 1986 Bhutto returns to Pakistan
 Married, December, 1987 to Asif Ali Zardari
(in business, twice elected Member of
National Assembly and Senator)
 Becomes Prime Minister in 1988 but her
government is illegally dismissed in
August 1990.
 Comes to power after her party won a
majority in elections held in October
1993.
 Government once again dismissed illegally
in November 1996.
 1996 Bhutto removed from government,
now living in exile in UK
 Educational Life
 She attended the Lady Jennings Nursery
School and Convent of Jesus and
Mary in Karachi.


 From Jesus and Mary Convent at Murree.

She passed her O-Level examinations
at the age of 15


 Then she went on to complete her A-

Levels at the Karachi Grammar School


 She pursued her higher education in

the United States. From 1969 to 1973


 She attended Radcliffe College at Harvard

University, where she obtained
a Bachelor of Arts degree with Cum
Laude honors in comparative
government.


 In 1995 as Prime Minister, she would

arrange a gift from the Pakistani
government to Harvard Law School.


 On June 2006, she received an Honorary

LL.D degree from the University of
Toronto.


 Bhutto studied Philosophy, Politics, and

Economics at Lady Margaret Hall,
Oxford, during which time she
 Fam ily
 Benazir Bhutto's father, Prime
Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was
removed from office following military
coup in 1977 led by the then chief of
army General Muhammad Zia-ul-
Haq.
 Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was sentenced to
death by the martial law court, And He
was hanged on 4 April 1979.


 Shahnawaz Bhutto was Born in 1958, he LaZulfiqar Ali Bhutto Begum Nusrat Bhutto
was the youngest of Bhutto’s four
children.
  Shahnawaz Bhutto was found dead
in Nice, France. He was died in July
18, 1985 under mysterious
circumstances, and the Bhutto family
firmly believed he was poisoned.


 Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto was Born

September 18, 1954, he was the elder
son Of Bhutto Family Shahnawaz Bhutto Mir Murtaza Bhutto
 He was killed in a police encounter in
September 20, 1996. Mir Murtaza
Bhutto was shot dead in a police
encounter near his residence.


 Sanam Bhutto  was born in 1957, she is

the younger sister of Shaheed
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto only
surviving child of the late Zulfiqar Ali
Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto
Sanam Bhutto
 Assa ssin a t ion
 On 27 December 2007, Bhutto was killed while leaving a campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh.
 After entering her bulletproof vehicle, Bhutto stood up through its sunroof to wave to the crowds. At this point, a gunman fired
shots at her and subsequently explosives were detonated near the vehicle killing approximately 20 people
 Bhutto was critically wounded and was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital. She was taken into surgery at 05:35PM , and
pronounced dead at 06:16PM.
 Bhutto's body was flown to her hometown of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana District, Sindh, and was buried next to her father in
the family mausoleum at a ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners.
 She had suffered shrapnel wounds to the head and that this was the cause of her death.
 Al-Qaeda commander MustafaAbu al-Yazid claimed responsibility for the attack, describing Bhutto as "the most precious
American asset.“
 The Pakistani government also stated that it had proof that al-Qaeda was behind the assassination.


Video Of Assassination
 Tributes Book s
 The Pakistani government honored Bhutto on her birth Be n a zir Bh u t t o , (1 9 8 3 ), Pa k is t a n : Th e g a t h e rin g
anniversary by renaming the Islamabad s t o rm
International Airport as Benazir Bhutto

International Airport after her.
Be n a zir
Bh u t t o (1 9 8 9 ). Da u g h t e r o f t h e Ea s t .

Ha m is h Ha m ilt o n
 The city of Nawabshah in Sindh was

renamed Benazirabad in her honor.
Be n a zir Bh u t t o (1 9 8 9 ). Da u g h t e r o f De s t in y: An

Au t o b io g ra p h y
 Benazir Income Support

Program (BISP), a program which
Be n a zir
Bh u t t o (2 0 0 8 ). Re c o n c ilia t io n : Is la m ,
provides benefits to the poorest
Pakistanis, is named after Bhutto De m o c ra c y, a n d t h e We s t
 Pakistan Peoples Party
 Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was founded at  In April 1986 Benazir Bhutto Returned Back
Lahore at a convention held on 28th To Pakistan.
November, 1967.  Benazir Bhutto rescued and rebuilt the Party
 Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was unanimously from scratch, leading an epic
elected as the Chairman of the Party. movement for the restoration of
 The foundation of the party was on the basis Democracy.
of these following things:  Benazir Bhutto was became the Prime
 * Islam is our Faith  Minister Of PAKISTAN in 1988, but her
* Democracy is our Politics  government was illegally Dismissed in
* Socialism is our Economy  August 1990.
* All Power to the People
 PPP comes to power again after winning
 The PPP attracted the active participation of
elections in majority held in October
the peasants, workers and middle
1993
class.
 But Government once again was dismised
 At the time the Party was founded, Pakistan
illegally in November 1996.
was under the yoke of the Ayub Khan

regime and governed by the
Constitution of Pakistan 1962.  

 Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was executed

by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for
authorizing the murder of a political
opponent.
 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Was Arrested in
September 1977 in the government of
General Zia ul Haq.
 In 1977 Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Returned to
Pakistan and was house arrested.
 In 1979 ZulfiqarAli Bhutto Was Hanged.
 Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Became the Leader
Of PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY.