"from ""Pakistan Link"" newspaper, Nayyer Ali. Long Beach Press Telegram then used Nayyer Ali's quotes to write up their news article. Pakistan Link Pakistan Link is a Pakistani weekly newspaper based in Anaheim, California, United States. The newspaper also has a version published in Urdu, called the ""Urdu Link"". The newspaper ""Pakistan Link"" is distributed throughout the United States and is also sold through ethnic grocery stores in the US and Canada. A prominent Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007 in Pakistan and this news was also covered by a California newspaper, Long Beach Press Telegram"
"Lahore constituency in Pakistani general election, 2008 but was unsuccessful and secured only 517 votes. She again ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from NA-126 Lahore constituency in Pakistani general election, 2013 but was unsuccessful and secured only 422 votes. However following the general election, she was indirectly elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM on a reserved seat for women from Sindh, where she continued to serve till her death in June 2014. She was assassinated on 18 June 2014 by two armed men (target killing), while she was"
"Assassination of Benazir Bhutto The assassination of Benazir Bhutto took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996) and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaquat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting. She was declared dead at 18:16 local time (13:16 UTC), at Rawalpindi General Hospital. Twenty-four other people were killed by the bombing. Bhutto had previously survived a similar attempt on her life"
"Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting and unanimously condemned the assassination, a call echoed by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Assassination of Benazir Bhutto The assassination of Benazir Bhutto took place on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988–1990; 1993–1996) and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections scheduled for January 2008. Shots were fired at her after a political rally at Liaquat National Bagh, and a suicide bomb was detonated immediately following the shooting. She was declared dead at 18:16 local time (13:16 UTC), at Rawalpindi"
"Zil-e-Huma Usman Zil-e-Huma Usman (September 16, 1971 – February 20, 2007) was a Pakistani politician and activist for women's rights. She served as a minister in the military dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf. While serving as the provincial minister for social welfare in Punjab, she was shot and killed on February 20, 2007 in Gujranwala, a city in that province some 200 kilometres south-east of Islamabad, where she had gone to address a political rally. Her assassin, Mohammed Sarwar, was reported to have been motivated by her refusal to abide by the Islamic code of dress and a dislike for the"
"Tahira Asif Tahira Asif () was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 until her assassination in June 2014. She was born in 1961 in Lahore, Pakistan. Asif was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women from Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML (Q)) in Pakistani general election, 2002.<ref name=""dawn/21june2014""></ref> She left PML (Q) to join Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in 2007 and resigned from her National Assembly seat. She ran for the seat of the National Assembly from NA-126"
"traveling with her daughter and driver in Lahore. She was admitted to Shaikh Zayed Hospital where she died on 19 June 2014. MQM announced three days of mourning. National Assembly paid her tribute and demanded inquiry into her killing.Altaf Hussain, leader of MQM said that her murder was a target killing from religious extremists as she had not been provided adequate security.<ref name=""tribune/20june2014""></ref> Tahira Asif Tahira Asif () was a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 until her assassination in June 2014. She was born in 1961 in Lahore, Pakistan."
"in the 2008 elections; her platform emphasised civilian oversight of the military and opposition to growing Islamist violence. After a political rally in Rawalpindi, she was assassinated; the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda claimed responsibility, although the involvement of the Pakistani Taliban and rogue elements of the intelligence services were widely suspected. She was buried at her family mausoleum. Bhutto was a controversial figure. She was often criticised as being politically inexperienced and corrupt, and faced much opposition from Pakistan's Islamist lobby for her secularist and modernising agenda. She nevertheless remained domestically popular and also attracted support from Western nations, for"
"Zahra Shahid Hussain Zahra Shahid Hussain () commonly known as Zara Apa, was a Pakistani activist-politician, teacher and the senior vice president of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh. She had formerly served as the president of women's wing of the party in Sindh, and was a member of the central executive committee of the party. On 18 May 2013, she was assassinated outside her house in the upscale Defence Housing Authority neighborhood in Karachi. According to police, Hussain was ambushed by two people on a motorcycle. Her murder took place on the eve of a highly contested partial"
"involvement of women in political affairs. The killer had previously been jailed in connection with the killing and mutilation of four prostitutes and told a television channel “I will kill all those women who do not follow the right path, if I am freed again”. On March 20, 2007, Sarwar was sentenced to death. he died in Central Jail Lahore on January 27, 2012. Zil-e-Huma Usman Zil-e-Huma Usman (September 16, 1971 – February 20, 2007) was a Pakistani politician and activist for women's rights. She served as a minister in the military dictatorship of Pervez Musharraf. While serving as the"
"support for Musharraf declined when Nawaz Sharif successfully made a second attempt to return from exile, this time accompanied by his younger brother and his daughter. Hundreds of their supporters were detained before the pair arrived at Iqbal Terminal on 25November 2007. Nawaz Sharif filed his nomination papers for two seats in the forthcoming elections whilst Benazir Bhutto filed for three seats including one of the reserved seats for women. Departing an election rally in Rawalpindi on 27December 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by a gunman who shot her in the neck and set off a bomb. The exact sequence"
"in Pakistani general election, 2002.<ref name=""geo/feb2018""></ref><ref name=""pas/2002""></ref><ref name=""dawn/1feb2018""></ref> Razzaq was found dead in her home in Karachi on 1 February 2018 along with her husband Hazar Khan Bijarani.<ref name=""thenews/1feb2018""></ref><ref name=""nation/1feb2018""></ref> Family and PPP have confirmed that the couple suffered gunshot wounds. Police said the death appeared to be a murder-suicide. Fariha Razzaq Haroon Fariha Razzaq Haroon was a Pakistani politician and journalist who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. Razzaq was born to Nishat Afza. She hails from Toba Tek Singh where her family was operating a radio station since 2007. She earned"
"to the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi, and some supporters showered him with rose petals. On 1 October 2011, Qadri was sentenced to death by a Pakistani Anti Terrorist court at Islamabad for murdering Taseer. Qadri was executed on 29 February 2016. Salmaan Taseer Salmaan Taseer (; 4 January 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and a liberal politician, who served as the 26th Governor of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in 2011. A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party since the 1980s, he was elected to the Punjab Assembly from Lahore in the 1988 election, however lost in 1990, 1993"
"Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007. Of mixed Sindhi and Kurdish parentage, Bhutto was born in Karachi to a politically important, wealthy aristocratic family. Her father, the PPP's founder and leader Zulfikar, was"
"sharing between the two Islamic states. Karzai also met and had a 45-minute talk with Benazir Bhutto on the morning of 27 December, hours before her trip to Liaquat National Bagh, where she was assassinated after her speech. After Bhutto's death, Karzai called her his sister and a brave woman who had a clear vision ""for her own country, for Afghanistan, and for the region – a vision of democracy, prosperity, and peace."" In September 2008, Karzai was invited on a special visit to witness the swearing in ceremony of Asif Ali Zardari, who became the new President of Pakistan."
"Bhutto's former Law Minister Mairaj Muhammad Khan described Bhutto as ""a great man but cruel"". His family remained active and influential in politics, with first his wife and then his daughter becoming leader of the PPP political party. His eldest daughter, Benazir Bhutto, was twice Prime Minister of Pakistan, and was assassinated on 27 December 2007, while campaigning for 2008 elections. While his son, Murtaza Bhutto, served as the Member Parliament of Pakistan, and was also assassinated in a controversial police encounter. Roedad Khan, former statesman who served under Bhutto, further wrote in his book, ""Pakistan—A dream gone sour"", that"
"involved in an alleged plot to kill her: current Intelligence Bureau (IB) Chief Ijaz Shah, former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former chief minister of Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim, and the former ISI chief, Hamid Gul, as those who posed a threat to her life. British newspaper ""The Times"" suggested that elements within the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence with close ties to Islamists might have been behind the killing, though it asserts that Musharraf would have been unlikely to have ordered the assassination. October 2007 emails from Bhutto saying she would blame Musharraf for her death if she were"
"elder sister of famous Bangladeshi Singer Runa Laila who later died due to cancer. Faheem died on 21 November 2015 from leukemia after being admitted to a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan under ICU at the age of 76. Makhdoom Amin Fahim was mentioned as a possible chairman for the PPP, in the wake of the 27 December 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, but Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asif Ali Zardari were named party co-chairs and he was considered the party's probable candidate for Prime Minister. However, the PPP hesitated to name Mr. Makhdoom as its candidate following its victory in"
"in Islamabad when Police's special forces conducted an armed raid in the Mosque. The general elections were dealt with a great shock on 27 December 2007 when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a rally in Rawalpindi. Bhutto's assassination raised many questions as to whether the general election would be postponed. Following the fatal attack, Pervez Musharraf held an emergency meeting with other government officials, but stated that ""no decision had been made on whether to delay the national elections."" Benazir Bhutto had ""become an appealing solution"" to United States officials frustrated with President Musharraf's failure to restore democracy to"
"of the events and cause of death became points of political debate and controversy. Early reports indicated that Bhutto was hit by shrapnel or gunshots, but the Pakistani Interior ministry maintained that her death was due from a skull fracture sustained when the explosive waves threw her against the sunroof of her vehicle. The issue remains controversial and further investigations were conducted by the UK police. The Election Commission announced that due to the assassination the elections, which had been scheduled for 8January 2008, would take place on 18February. The 2008 general elections marked the return of the leftists. The"
"Mumtaz Qadri Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri (1985 – 29 February 2016), better known as Mumtaz Qadri (, ), was the assassin of Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab. Qadri was a commando of the Elite Police and, at the time of the assassination, a member of the squad of personal bodyguards assigned to protect Salmaan Taseer. A follower of the Barelvi version of Sunni Islam, he assassinated Taseer on 4 January 2011. He claimed to have killed the Governor because Taseer spoke in defense of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death. Qadri was convicted"
"Kulsoom Nawaz Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif () (29 March 1950 – 11 September 2018) was a Pakistani politician who had been the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms; from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999 and then from 2013 to 2017. She was the President of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) from 1999 to 2002. Kulsoom was born on 29 March 1950 in Lahore into a Kashmiri family.<ref name=""news18/29july2017""></ref> According to other sources, she was born on 22 March 1950 to Hafiz Butt.<ref name=""tribune/11sept2018""></ref> She attended Islamia College and graduated from the Forman Christian College in Lahore. She received"
"rivalry"" between the Awami League and BNP has affected the nation for the last two decades, although their political positions are not so far apart. The parties are led by women who represent assassinated leaders: Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, since 1981 has been head of the Awami League. Khaleda Zia, the head of the BNP, is the widow of the popular Ziaur Rahman, who as President founded the party in the late 1970s; he was assassinated in 1981. On 11 January 2007 the military intervened to support the caretaker government of President Iajuddin, who had"
"Pakistani general election, 1997 for the first time, but lost the election to the Pakistan Muslim League (N). In 2001, she became the Nazim of district Nawabshah in local government elections. In 2005 local government elections, she was re-elected as the mayor of Nawabshah. After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007, she became legal guardian of children of Bhutto; Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari<ref name=""dawn/1may2013""></ref> and cusdotian of property of Bhutto in Larkana. In 2007, Talpur was considered to become a candidate of PPP for the post of President of Pakistan.<ref name=""dawn/25sept2007""></ref> Due to"
"Bhutto Road and Rawalpindi General Hospital as Benazir Bhutto Hospital. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, a member of Bhutto's PPP, also asked President Pervez Musharraf to pardon convicts on death row on her birthday in honour of Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority nation. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the centre-left Pakistan Peoples"
"candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency NA-213 (Nawabshah-I) in Pakistani general election, 2002. She received 75,237 votes and defeated Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). She was not a popular politician until the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007. After the assassination, she became the chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST). Pechuho was re-elected to the National Assembly from NA-213 (Nawabshah-I) as a candidate of PPP in Pakistani general election, 2008. She received 108,404 votes and defeated Syed Zahid Hussain Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim"
"grenades which were recovered from the scene. On 17 July 2007, a suicide bomber targeted the venue of the district bar council convention, killing 17 people, including two women and injuring more than 50 others in Islamabad. The suicide bomber blew himself up outside the security barrier where the political workers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) were waiting for the arrival of the then-Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The attack occurred a few feet away from the PPP’s camp, minutes before the chief justice’s scheduled arrival at the venue near the district courts, adjacent"
"in London. Following which her body was flown from the Heathrow Airport to Lahore on a Pakistan International Airlines flight. On 14 September 2018, in Lahore, a funeral prayer led by Maulana Tariq Jameel was offered at Sharif Medical City around 5:30 pm PKT before she was laid to rest in Jati Umra. Kulsoom Nawaz Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif () (29 March 1950 – 11 September 2018) was a Pakistani politician who had been the first lady of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms; from 1990 to 1993, 1997 to 1999 and then from 2013 to 2017. She was the President"
"18 May, a day before the re-polling, PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain was assassinated outside her house. The entire week, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had been appealing to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold elections throughout the NA-250 constituency, but their appeal was rejected. Ultimately MQM chose to boycott the re-polling of 42 polling stations in NA-250 on 19 May. Alvi of PTI was declared as a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-250 Constituency of Karachi. Dr. Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was declared the winner with 76,305 votes, followed by Khushbakht Shujaat of MQM"
"how Noreen would be kept safe should she be released, saying, ""No one will let her live. The mullahs are saying they will kill her when she comes out."" Her family declined to leave the country while she remained in prison, but Italy, France, and Spain all offered to grant her and her family asylum in the event of her release. On 4 January 2011, at Kohsar Market of Islamabad, governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by Malik Mumtaz Hussein Qadri, a 26-year-old member of his security team, because of his defence of Noreen and opposition to the blasphemy"
"Party after disagreement arises with the PML(N) over the policy issues. In 2007, she harbour doubts on Musharraf' promises on giving security to Benazir Bhutto and reportedly Benazir Bhutto to avoid attending the political rally in National Park in Rawalpindi, which Benazir Bhutto attended and was assassinated. In 2008, Abida and her husband, Fakhar, reportedly lost the general election, and reportedly seek their retirement after Abida and Fakhar left the PPP in 2012. During the general election, in 2013, Abida Hussain supported the PML-N candidate in Jhang by-elections, and ran her daughter's successful campaign to be elected for the Provincial"
"law and politics in Pakistan. Khan was married to Victoria Rikhy Noon, an Austrian, who was also a prominent politician and social worker. He died on 7 December 1970 in his ancestral village of Nurpur Noon, Sargodha District, where he is buried. Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon (; 7 May 1893 – 9 December 1970), , best known as Feroze Khan, was the seventh Prime Minister of Pakistan, appointed in this capacity on 16 December 1957 until being removed when President Iskandar Ali Mirza imposed martial law on 8 October 1958. Trained as a barrister in England,"
"re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in Pakistani general election, 2013. Khalida Mansoor Khalida Mansoor () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from March 2008 to May 2018. She was born on 14 September 1941 in Faisalabad, Pakistan. She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a seat reserved for women in the Pakistani general election, 2002.<ref name=""pap/2002""></ref> She was elected to the"