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    Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born in 1953 into a wealthy and famous political family in Pakistan. She was educated at universities in Pakistan, Harvard, and Oxford. After her father was overthrown and executed in 1979, she took up the struggle for democracy against the military dictatorship in Pakistan. She was imprisoned but later became the first female prime minister of Pakistan in 1988 at age 35. Her governments were dismissed twice by the president on politically motivated charges. She went into exile but returned in 2007 and was assassinated while campaigning.

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    Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born in 1953 into a wealthy and famous political family in Pakistan. She was educated at universities in Pakistan, Harvard, and Oxford. After her father was overthrown and executed in 1979, she took up the struggle for democracy against the military dictatorship in Pakistan. She was imprisoned but later became the first female prime minister of Pakistan in 1988 at age 35. Her governments were dismissed twice by the president on politically motivated charges. She went into exile but returned in 2007 and was assassinated while campaigning.

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    Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born in 1953 into a wealthy and famous political family in Pakistan. She was educated at universities in Pakistan, Harvard, and Oxford. After her father was overthrown and executed in 1979, she took up the struggle for democracy against the military dictatorship in Pakistan. She was imprisoned but later became the first female prime minister of Pakistan in 1988 at age 35. Her governments were dismissed twice by the president on politically motivated charges. She went into exile but returned in 2007 and was assassinated while campaigning.

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    Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born in 1953 into a wealthy and famous political family in Pakistan. She was educated at universities in Pakistan, Harvard, and Oxford. After her father was overthrown and executed in 1979, she took up the struggle for democracy against the military dictatorship in Pakistan. She was imprisoned but later became the first female prime minister of Pakistan in 1988 at age 35. Her governments were dismissed twice by the president on politically motivated charges. She went into exile but returned in 2007 and was assassinated while campaigning.

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    A Brief Biography of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed

    Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed was born on 21 June 1953 in Karachi, Pakistan in a
    wealthy and famous political family. She was the daughter of Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and
    Begum Nusrat Bhutto. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the famous political leader of Pakistan
    called "Qaid-e-Awam" (i.e., Leader of the People). Beautiful child was nick-named
    "Pinky" due to her rosy pink comlexion. She was named "Benazir" whiuch means "one
    without equal". Her life proved she lived upto her name.

    She was educated in Karachi and Murree schools and convents and sent to Harvard
    University for graduation. She got her graduation cu laude at 20. Then she was sent to
    Oxford University for further education from where she got another graduation and a
    diploma in foreign affairs.

    Then she came back to Pakistan but at that time her father's government was finished by
    a militay coup. She stood with her father but he was hanged by the military regieme in
    1979. Then anther difficult period of her life started. The young girl took up the mantle of
    political struggle against the military dictatorship which continued till 1984. She was
    jailed and kept in solitary confinement during that period. After all she was sent to
    Europe on medical grouns in 1984. But she continued her struggle and returned to
    Pakistan in 1986 when adoring crowd of more than a million people greeted her.

    In 1988 the military dictator died in an air plane crash. General election was conducted
    and Benazir Bhutto and her party won the elections. Benazir Bhutto became first elected
    female prime minister (chief executive) of a muslim nation at the age of just 35.

    But her government was dismissed by the establishment-backed president. She again won
    election in 1993 and become prime minister again. This time she got almost 3 years but
    again dismissed by the president. She faced politically motivated charges of corruption
    and abuse of power. She went to exile in 1998 and returned to Pakistan again in 2007 to
    again adoring crowd of supporters but welcomed by twin bombings in the rally killing
    more than 150 people and injuring more than 500 people. She survived then but
    continued to meet her people and after all martyred on 27th of december 2007 by gunshot
    and suicide bomb attack. She was called "Shaheed-e-Jamhuriat" (i.e. Martyar of
    Democracy). A hope of Pakistnis for democracy is lost. May her soul rest in peace.

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