Pop + Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twenty years ago today, Benazir Bhutto became the first ever female to lead a Muslim country when Pakistan appointed her prime minister December 1, 1988. Oldest child of Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Al Bhutto, Benazir received a B.A. from Harvard University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, later studying at Oxford. She was repeatedly to call [...]
The Pakistani Politics (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Open Letter to President Asif Ali Zardari from Women’s Action Forum – 12 Nov 2008 Mr. President, we request you to recall the legacy of Mohtarima Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and her tireless efforts to improve the lot of Pakistani women, towards the goal of women’s empowerment and gender equality. Khawateen Mahaz-e-Amal (Women’s [...]
Good Read (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Zardari, whose wife, Benazir Bhutto, was assassinated by Islamist militants last year, warned that provocation by rogue "non-state actors" posed the danger of a return to war...
NHatky (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday (Dec 1).Zardari, whose wife Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by Islamist militants last ...
Haqeeqat.Org (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Find mentioned the hilarious routine-life blunders made by several politicians such as Shehbaz Shareef, General Zia-ul-Haq, General Yahya Khan, Benazir Bhutto, Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Laghari, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Malik Meraj Khalid, Khwaja Raheem, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Shareef and Ayub Khan to name a few. Give it look how: Related posts: 25000 Ex-Officers of Pakistan Military Demand Death Penalty...
ShoutWire.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Aired on 2nd November 2007,David Frost the presenter did not challenge her on her assertion (2:14) that Bin Laden was murdered, so maybe he was and the West has not announced it. It would make sense that the West would cover up such a truth, as Bin Laden is needed as a "bogeyman" to continue the farcical "War on Terror"
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza on Friday said that women’s education cannot be compromised at any cost to ensures the revolutionary and rapid progress of nation. Addressing Naming Ceremony of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Auditorium and Oath Taking Ceremony of College Student Council at Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Girls College, F-8/2 here, she [...]
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Pakistan's slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is among seven people to be awarded with this year's UN Prize for human rights, in recognition for her efforts to restore democracy in the country.
Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
New York: The slain Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto and a nun murdered in Brazil three years ago were among the recipients of a United Nations prize, awarded for outstanding work in the field of human rights, the General Assembly President announced today. Previous recipients of the UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights have included [...]
TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
http://boztopia.com/?p=428 attacks , Benazir Bhutto , Boing Boing , Bombay , Dina Mehta , India , Mumbai , Mumbai Help , networking , social media , terror , terrorism , Twitter , Vinu , Xeni Jardin http://boztopia.com/?p=428#comments A series of coordinated terror attacks have erupted in Mumbai in the last few hours, with unidentified gunmen using automatic weapons and grenades to target several positions...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan Saturday formally framed charges against five accused in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, lawyers for the accused said. Bhutto was killed in firing and a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Dec. 27, 2007, shortly after she addressed an election rally. The government accused Baitullah Mehsood, chief of the Pakistan...
baithak (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
What would Benazir Bhutto have done if she were alive today? At least with regard to women, it seems it’s a question that has never been asked by the very administration elected in her name. *** For the women of Pakistan, however, the death of Benazir Bhutto has meant a crude and ruthless relegation to a forgotten recess of politics. While the new PPP government may well have been elected based on...
Women's Voices for Change (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Most WVFC readers likely know Faith Childs from her essays here, ranging from deeply serious (her elegies for for Benazir Bhutto and Paul Newman, her frank discussion of everyday racism) to tech-savvy (the Amazon Kindle review) to hilarious (her coverage of a 2007 "Candidate Spouses Conference"). But to the literary world, the Faith Childs Literary Agency has long been a force to be reckoned... [This...
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
On Nov. 16, 1988, 35-year-old Benazir Bhutto became the first woman leader of a Muslim-majority nation; eight years later her premiership ended in corruption allegations and an 11-year exile.
Liberty Street (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
This is not intended to be a ‘book report’ as such. It is a strong recommendation to check this book out of your library and read it. Reconciliation by Benazir Bhutto. This book was written by Benazir Bhutto but was published posthumously. When reading this book, it is hard to remember that the author is not a [...]
