BENAZIR BHUTTO
Asghar Ali Engineer
Benazir Bhutto was the first Muslim woman Prime Minister in the entire Islamic world. She met a violent death, like her father. We may not agree with her policy, but we greatly admire her grit and courage. She fought her way through the male dominated world of politics.
Benazir Bhutto was the first Muslim woman Prime Minister in the entire Islamic world; she did Muslim women proud. She became Prime Minister of Pakistan when the Ulema were quoting a Hadith of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) that, if a woman becomes head of a nation, that nation would be doomed. She achieved a premier political position in the teeth of opposition from Ulema and other male political leaders. She acquired charisma of her own, not merely as a daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Like her father she also met a violent death. We may not agree with her policy, compromises and political ideology, but we greatly admire her grit and courage, her determination and resolve.
She fought her way through the male dominated world of politics. This was no mean achievement.
Her determination to lead her nation once again was so great that she returned to Pakistan after being in exile for eight years, despite open threats to her life and she played with her life.
We strongly condemn her cowardly assassination by enemies of democracy, progress and human values. We salute her courage and determination and wish there are many more Benazirs in Islamic world. She will remain role model for many women both Muslim and non-Muslim.
(Benazir Bhutto was born to Begum Nusrat Aspahani and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Larkana, Sindh on June 21, 1953 in Krachi. She was assassinated in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2008.)