KARACHI: Some people remain alive and immortal, even after death, in the pages of history.
Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was also one of them.
The daughter of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, entered practical politics at the age of twenty-four.
Like her father, she was known for principled politics.
Sorrows overshadowed contentment in Benazir Bhutto’s political life.
Despite execution of father and murder of brothers, she continued her struggle for democracy and wellbeing of the masses.
That’s why the people of Pakistan always supported their beloved leader and never left her alone.
Be it the darkest period of Zia-ul-Haq or Musharraf’s dictatorship.
It was the people of Pakistan’s trust in Benazir Bhutto that she became the first woman Prime Minister of the Muslim world.
Her opponents conspired and toppled her government in 1990.
But the people expressed complete confidence in Benazir Bhutto’s leadership by electing her the Prime Minister once again in 1993.
During Musharraf’s martial law she spent eight years in exile.
When she returned home in 2007, a mammoth crowd was present outside the Karachi airport to catch a glimpse of their leader.
That historic welcome was covered not only by the Pakistani but also the international Media.
When Benazir Bhutto emerged from the aircraft she was overwhelmed by emotions.
Raising her hands she thanked Allah as tears flowed from her eyes.
When Benazir Bhutto decided to return to Pakistan, she knew that death was stalking her.
But the daughter of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was never afraid.
When her convoy reached Karsaz, an attempt was made to assassinate her via bomb blasts.
She luckily survived the attack, but 170 people died and more than 600 got injured.
After the Karsaz incident, Benazir Bhutto’s life was in greater danger than before.
Therefore, she was asked not to go to public meetings.
But, without caring for her life, she continued the struggle for the rights of Pakistan’s people.
On 27th of December, 2007 she addressed a rally at Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh.
It was the same place where the 1st PM of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, was martyred while addressing a similar public meeting.
Anti-Pakistan forces once again repeated the history.
The first and twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, was martyred at the same spot.
All hell broke loose when people learnt about her martyrdom.
The tragedy was grieved by people in tears from Karachi to Khyber.
Newspakistan.tv
