Special report: Pakistani Situation
Related: Pakistan's Bhutto killed in
suicide attack
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Former Pakistani Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto died Thursday evening after being seriously injured in a
bomb attack near the capital city of Islamabad, the official APP news agency
quoted interior ministry sources as saying.
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Bhutto was born in Karachi in 1953 as
the oldest of four children of a Westernized father and an Iranian Shiite
mother. After completing her early education in Pakistan, she attended
Radcliffe College and Oxford University. (Xinhua Photo) More photos
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Bhutto, 54, died in a hospital after a suicide attack
rocked her election rally at the Liaquat Bagh park in Rawalpindi, some 30km
south from Islamabad.
It was the second suicide attack targeting Bhutto
since she returned from eight years of self-imposed exile in October. The first
struck a welcome-home rally, killing 139 people.
Bhutto was sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan in
December 1988, becoming the first woman to head the government of the Islamic
State. Bhutto's father, also a prime minister, was hanged by the military in
1979.
In the preceding decade of political struggle, Bhutto
was arrested on numerous occasions; in all she spent nearly six years either in
prison or under detention for her leadership of the then opposition Pakistan
People's Party (PPP).
In May, 1986, Bhutto was appointed by the PPP Central
Committee as co-chairperson.
Her government was dismissed in 1990 amid corruption
allegations.
Although re-elected in 1993, she was thrown out again
three years later by then president, Farooq Leghari, on further graft charges.
Bhutto went into exile in April 1999.
Bhutto was born in Karachi in 1953 as the oldest of
four children of a Westernized father and an Iranian Shiite mother. After
completing her early education in Pakistan, she attended Radcliffe College and
Oxford University. Obtaining degrees in philosophy, politics and economics, she
also completed a course in international law and diplomacy at Oxford.
Musharraf holds emergency meeting
after assassination of Bhutto
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf is holding an emergency meeting at the presidency Thursday with top
government officials after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto, state-run television reported.
Bhutto, 54, died in a hospital after a suspected suicide
rocked her election rally at the Liaquat Bagh park in Rawalpindi, some 30 km
south from Islamabad.
Pakistani paramilitary forces on "red
alert following Bhutto's death
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani
paramilitary forces were put on "red alert" nation-wide on Thursday following
the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Interior Ministry
spokesman Javed Cheema said.
"We have put the country on red alert. We have put
paramilitary forces in the provinces at their disposal so they can ensure
security and peace," said Cheema. Full story
Musharraf announces three-day mourning
for Bhutto
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf announced here Thursday night that the nation would have three-day
mourning for Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was killed in a
suicide attack near the capital Islamabad earlier Thursday.
In his nationwide speech through the state-run PTV,
Musharraf asked the nation to keep peaceful. Full story
Killing of Pakistani opposition leader
Bhutto condemned worldwide
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The world has strongly
condemned the bomb attack in Pakistan on Thursday that killed the opposition
leader Benazir Bhutto.
The 54-year old Bhutto, leader of Pakistan People's Party,
returned to Pakistan from an eight-year exile on Oct. 18 for the upcoming
presidential elections early next year.
UN Security Council slams
assassination of Bhutto
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security
Council strongly condemned on Thursday the assassination of Pakistan's
opposition leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
In a statement released after an emergency meeting with
the presence of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, council members slammed the
terrorist attack "in the strongest terms." Full story
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