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Group members: Garreth Lee Chen Si Hao Yu Haonan

Benazir Bhutto. Group members: Garreth Lee Chen Si Hao Yu Haonan. Background. Born on 21 June 1953 and died on 27 December 2007 A Pakistani-born politician Chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party Pakistan’s first and to date female prime minister. Her Life. Family:

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Group members: Garreth Lee Chen Si Hao Yu Haonan

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  1. Benazir Bhutto Group members: Garreth Lee Chen Si Hao Yu Haonan

  2. Background Born on 21 June 1953 and died on 27 December 2007 A Pakistani-born politician Chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party Pakistan’s first and to date female prime minister

  3. Her Life Family: Eldest child of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Wife of current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. Education: Studied at Harvard's Radcliffe Collegeat age 16 After completing her undergraduate degree at Radcliffe she studied at England's Oxford University, she was awarded a second degree in 1977.

  4. Her Life Political Life: • Served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan • 2 Terms: 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996 • Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party

  5. Her Life Voter turnout was low in the 1997 elections Bhutto’s PPP suffered a decisive loss to Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party Charged for corruption Self-imposed exile from late 1999 to 2007

  6. Assassination When: Assassinated on 27 December 2007 How: Killed by a suicide bomber while leaving campaign rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh Who: Al-Qaeda commander Mustafa Abu al-Yazid claimed responsibility for the attack

  7. Her Contributions Against military dictatorship Fought for human rights Democratic Leader

  8. Her Contributions • Created policies for women which include: • Establishment of women’s police stations, courts and women development banks • An active and founding member of the Council of Women World Leaders

  9. Her Contributions Development of Pakistan through Science & Technology Being one of the key political figures of Pakistan’s nuclear program Maintaining close relationships with prominent Pakistan’s nuclear scientists (eg. Ishfaq Ahmad)

  10. Her Contributions Anti-terrorists When Pakistan was on the brink of being declared as a Terrorist state, it was Benazir Bhutto who stopped the rise of terrorist

  11. Achievements Was one of seven winners of the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights Led the PPP to win at 1988 General Elections First Female Prime Minister

  12. Influential faults Supported Taliban in military and finance Believed that it could stabilize Afghanistan and enable trade access to the Central Asian republics But later, she took an anti-Taliban stance and condemned their terrorist acts

  13. Corruption Bhutto and her husband Zardari were charged with alleged corruption (charge of laundering money through Swiss banks) However, these charges were political means meant to discredit Bhutto and her husband Zardari

  14. Leadership Qualities Determined Capable Charismatic Responsible Farsighted

  15. Determined Pushed for democratic reforms and power-sharing Faced opposition and criticism from the Punjabi elites and powerful landlord families Even so, she never gave up and remained determined on her initiatives

  16. Capable Being a well-educated politician, she managed to modernize Pakistan and brought prosperity to the country Initiated for nationalist reform

  17. Charismatic Could persuade her people to establish common beliefs (eg. democracy) During the election campaigns, she voiced concerns over women’s social and health issues Promised to repeal controversial laws that curtail the rights of women in Pakistan

  18. Responsible While Bhutto was in exile in Dubai and London for eight years, she persisted in returning to prepare for the 2008 national elections Although she was well aware of the risks to her life, by doing this, she displayed both courage and responsibility

  19. Farsighted En route to a rally in Karachi in 2007, a suicide-bomb attack was targeted at Bhutto Bhutto had previously warned the Pakistani government but the government failed to act

  20. Evaluation • Bhutto was a great leader. • Made history as the first women prime minister • Brought Pakistan the ideas of democracy

  21. Evaluation • Bhutto was a good leader. • Though the controversy on corruption. • Though her pro-Taliban stance at first. • Humanitarian • Democracy • Women rights • Development of the country (Economic, S&T)

  22. Evaluation • Great leader: • Has influence • Good leader: • Has good effect on the people/ country/ world • Humanitarian

  23. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto http://www.joy2day.com/stars-talk-shock/political/benazir-bhutto.php http://www.benazirbhutto.com/about http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/64260/Benazir-Bhutto

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