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Pakistan’s first female Prime Minister was assassinated exactly one year ago today. It was a great setback for Pakistani politics but nonetheless a great opportunity for PPP to take over the government of Pakistan.
Not to sound disrespectful but PPP has used the Bhutto assassination to its own advantage and we all see the ramifications [...]

Soon after Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, I decided that I will wait for few weeks because facts are never readily available and it is very hard to conclude theories based on emotional public outburst. Its been almost a month now, maybe it is a good time to talk about who exactly benefited from Benazir Bhutto’s [...]

Anila Khan, a Pakistani producer, approached Mahesh Bhatt to direct a film on Benazir Bhutto after Bhutto’s Assassination. Mahesh Bhatt of course agreed and Shabana Azmi was considered for the role of Benazir. Mahesh Bhatt was willing to go through all the hurdles to get this indo-pak collaboration off the ground but life has its [...]

Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik creates a sand sculpture of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, following her assassination, at a beach in Puri, close to the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar, December 28, 2007. (Sanjib Mukherjee/Reuters)

Yesterday, 27th December 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a political rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh. She had just given a campaign address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections. After getting into her bulletproof vehicle, Bhutto stood up through the sunroof of the vehicle to [...]