[391], Assisted by Luis Ayala, the secretary-general of the Socialist International, in 2006 Bhutto and Sharif began a process of reconciliation. During her first and second term, the difference between rich and poor visibly increased and the middle class in particular were the ones who bore the brunt of the economic inequality. 1 Zitat von Benazir Bhutto „Um Frieden zu bringen, muss man, ein kompromissloser Anführer sein. [436] In the afternoon, she gave a speech at a PPP rally held in Rawalpindi's Liaquat National Bagh. Soon economic progress became her top priority but her investment and industrialisation programs faced major setbacks due to conceptions formed by investors based upon her People's Party nationalisation program in the 1970s. In the Pakistan general elections held on 25 July 2018, Pakistan Peoples Party, under the leadership of Bhutto Zardari, contested the elections and emerged as the largest party in Sindh and third largest party of Pakistan. He also said that Imran Khan is the prime minister of ‘donkeys’ and ‘living corpses’ as used to refer to people of Pakistan before becoming the Prime Minister. [220] The United States wanted to prevent Pakistan from creating such a device, and President George H. W. Bush informed her that U.S. military aid to the country would cease unless Pakistan refrained from producing nuclear bomb cores, the final step in creating the weapon. On 4 December 2012, in a statement responding to reports about demolition of a Hindu temple in Karachi and a desecration of an Ahmadia graveyard in Lahore he said, "Our forefathers did not sacrifice their lives for an intolerant, extremist, sectarian and authoritarian Pakistan. All of these squadrons are part of the Strategic Command. Mossack Fonseca had declined to do business with Bhutto's first company, similarly-named Petrofine FZC, established in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2000. Die „Welt“ bietet Ihnen aktuelle News, Bilder, Videos & Informationen zu Benazir Bhutto [404] Bhutto and Khalizad also traveled to a luncheon in Aspen, Colorado to meet with prominent U.S. political and business leaders. Web Desk . [12][13], The PPP scion claimed that rigging took place before and after the elections, adding that across Pakistan polling agents were expelled from the polling stations. [73] After the coup, Bhutto's brothers were sent abroad to canvass international support for their father. This is the speech where Bhutto Zardari coined the term 'PM Select' for Imran Khan who sworn in as Prime Minister Pakistan after a controversial General Elections of 2018. [76] She and her mother put out a book about their father and encouraged PPP supporters to demonstrate in support of him. Die Wahlen in Pakistan sind für den 8. [41] In December 1971, Zulfikar assumed the presidency of Pakistan, the first democratically elected leader after 13 years of military rule. [126] In a 2007 interview, Bhutto said that she and her husband were living apart because of his medical requirements, adding that she visited him every month in New York. I had not asked for this role; I had not asked for this mantle. [465] Musharraf, facing likely impeachment, resigned as president in August. [238] While the investigations into his corruption were therefore politically motivated, there also was significant evidence of his guilt in this regard. [270], Bhutto ordered the construction of a new residence in Islamabad; it covered 110 acres of ground and cost $50 million to construct. The 24-year-old son of the late Benazir Bhutto, groomed to take the reins of power in Pakistan, came of age politically Thursday, exactly five years after the assassination of his mother. [141] However, Islamic fundamentalists said it was un-Islamic for the country to have a female leader. [477] Bhutto biographer G. S. Bhargava thought that in the context of Pakistani politics, she could "pass" for a social democrat. If you mean, am I rich by European standards, do I have a billion dollars, or even a hundred million dollars, even half that, no, I do not. [228], The ISI organised Operation Midnight Jackal, through which they used bribery and intimidation to discourage National Assembly members from voting with the PPP. [20] Relations between her parents were however strained during her childhood; Zulfikar embarked on extra-marital affairs with other women, and when Nusrat objected he had her thrown out of their house. [229] [486] Lamb described Bhutto at being skilled in using populist strategies in election campaigns. He added the suspicion that Bhutto had been involved in her brother's death. [72], In September, Zulfikar was re-arrested and charged with the 1974 murder of Muhammad Ahmed Khan Kasuri, the father of Ahmed Raza Kasuri, a vocal critic of Zulfikar's government. [313] At the funeral, Nusrat—who was suffering the early stages of Alzheimer's disease[314]—also blamed Bhutto for her brother's death. Under Bhutto's guidance Musharraf intensified the ISI's liaison with Israel's Mossad. [126] Bhutto would have been aware that being married gave her an image of respectability which would improve her chances of being elected. [78] Benazir nevertheless maintained that her father had always wanted her to become a politician. [540] [517] Bhutto's choice of reading material was usually either utilitarian or pleasurable rather than intellectual; she enjoyed reading Mills & Boon romance novels and the celebrity-focused Hello! The party won 43 seats in the National Assembly - nine more seats than in 2013 General Elections. [59] In later years, Bhutto acknowledged that at this time she had been ignorant of the Pakistani Army's complicity in the atrocities in Bangladesh,[60] although always maintained that her father was blameless on the issue. [263][259] Zardari was freed from prison after Bhutto returned to office in 1993. [502] In the country, she also wore a white dupatta on her head to placate Islamist opposition; her mother and other female family members had not covered their hair in this manner. [15], The speech received positive reception from both, mainstream and social media, as well as other prominent politicians, and marked a significant moment in Bilawal's emergence as a politician. [190] Bhutto also wanted to replace Mahbub ul Haq as a finance minister, but again the military opposed her. [64], — Bhutto on the impact of her father. Benazir also appointed Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan as Chief of Naval Staff; General Abbas Khattak as Chief of Air Staff. The senior military leadership including Jehangir Karamat, Musharraf, Kayani, Ali Kuli Khan, Farooq Feroze Khan, Abbas Khattak and Fasih Bokhari, had strong Western-democratic views and were generally close to Bhutto as they had resisted Nawaz Sharif's conservatism. [519] Bhutto was anti-abortion and spoke forcefully against abortion, most notably at the 1994 meeting of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, where she accused the West of "seeking to impose adultery, abortion, intercourse education and other such matters on individuals, societies, and religions which have their own social ethos". In keeping with the agreement made by Bhutto and Musharraf, the PPP representatives abstained rather than voting against Musharraf's nomination. [183] In January 1989, she made a second pilgrimage to Mecca,[205] and in June visited the U.S. to address both houses of Congress and giving the commencement speech at Harvard. Bhutto and Musharraf chaired a secret meeting with Israeli officials who traveled to the US especially for the meeting. Bhutto was born at the Pinto's Nursing Home on 21 June 1953 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [246] To journalists she remained unrepentant about her period in office, insisting that she had made no mistakes. [330] Bhutto issued a statement on the tests and told the international press that she condemned the Indian nuclear tests. [411] Musharraf was annoyed at her arrival, having requested that she return only after the election. [537] Conservative clerical opponents also claimed that by being prime minister, Bhutto was failing her religious duty, which was to focus her energies on having as many children as possible. Her chief assets were her intelligence, her confidence, and the fact that she could talk to people of various backgrounds with empathy. [99] There, she socialised with friends, going shopping, hosting dinner parties, and visiting the cinema. [339][338] Troops surrounded Bhutto's residence,[338] while Zardari tried to leave the country for Dubai, but was arrested and imprisoned, charged with money laundering and involvement in Murtaza's murder. Benazir Bhutto was compelled to join politics when her prime minister father, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was ousted in a military coup, jailed and executed. [435], On the morning of 27 December 2007, Bhutto met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. [127] She kept the Bhutto family name rather than taking that of her new husband. Here, she met a number of the assembled senior Muslim world leaders, who included Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt's Anwar Sadat, Syria's Hafez al-Assad, Saudi Arabia's Faisal, and Jordan's Hussein. [392] Both Bhutto and Sharif had residences in London, not far from one another. [39][40], In 1971, while she was at Harvard, Zulfikar invited her to join him in New York City, where he was involved in a United Nations Security Council meeting on that year's Indo-Pakistani War. [285] Abductions, bombings, and murders became increasingly common in Karachi. On 1 May 1995, she used harsh language in her public warning to India that "continuation of [Indian] nuclear program would have terrible consequences". During this course, General Rana directly reported to the prime minister and led the intelligence operations after which were approved by Benazir Bhutto. [113] Zia's government allowed her to bring her brother's body to Pakistan in August, where it could be interred in the family cemetery at Larkana. Zardari protested, admitting that he owned the property and that he should receive the proceeds of its sale. Familial charisma is rare, but in Benazir's case the Bhutto name matters, in that her father's charisma easily transferred to her. I appeal to all of you to rise up and defend Jinnah’s Pakistan. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation. [291] Pakistan saw a record $20 billion of foreign investment during this term, largely in the power industry. Mar 2, 2018 - #Queen'sFamily #BestMother #MotherBeauty #Motherhood. [335], After the assassination was attempted, Benazir Bhutto's civilian security team headed under Rehman Malik, was disbanded by the Pakistan Army whose X-Corps' 111th Psychological Brigade— an army brigade tasked with countering the psychological warfare— took control of the security of Benazir Bhutto, that directly reported to Chief of Army Staff and the Prime Minister. It was agreed that if Musharraf stepped down from his military positions and was elected as a civilian President, then Bhutto would be willing to serve under him as Prime Minister. Bhutto herself was physically unharmed. [452] Al-Qaeda commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claimed responsibility for the assassination,[453] declaring that "We terminated the most precious American asset which vowed to defeat [the] mujahideen. [532] In later life, she increasingly came to see success through the prism of her family. [125] There, some fired Kalashnikovs into the air in celebration, accidentally resulting in one death and multiple injuries. Khan blamed Bhutto for this extensive economic slowdown and her policy that failed to stop the illegal immigration. Bhutto criticised India's bid to hide its plan to explode a nuclear device, and failure to cover up its domestic problems including its failure to suppress the freedom struggle in Kashmir. Bhutto relented and agreed that Khan could be nominated as the PPP's presidential candidate. [citation needed] Bhutto always resisted privatisation of United Bank Limited Pakistan (UBL), but its management sent the recommendation for the privatisation which dismayed the labour union. [487] In a 2007 article for the Los Angeles Times, Bhutto's niece, Fatima Bhutto, called her "a puppet 'democrat'" linked to the U.S. government's neoconservative agenda. [67] Now in control of the country, Zia suspended the constitution,[68] and initiated a regime that combined military rule with social programs designed to further the Islamisation of Pakistani society according to Islamic fundamentalist principles. [269] In 1995, Zardari purchased a fifteen-bedroom country house at Rockwood in Surrey, southern England; to hide evidence of ownership, he obtained the property through companies based in the Isle of Man. [26] Benazir immediately joined. 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