Benazir Bhutto (born 1953) became prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. Heir to the political legacy of her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (prime minister from 1971 to 1977), she was the first woman in modern times to head the government of an Islamic...

(b. 1953), Prime minister of Pakistan. Benazir Bhutto made history as the first woman to lead a government of an Islamic state on 2 December 1988, when she became prime minister of Pakistan. She served until 1990 and again from 1993 until 1996. She was...

Benazir Bhutto (IPA: [beːnəziːɾ bɦʊʈːoː]) (June 21, 1953 – December 27, 2007) was a Pakistani politician who chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a centre-left political party in Pakistan. Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead...

Key events in Benazir Bhutto's career:_April 4, 1979 — Bhutto's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is executed for the murder of a political opponent, two years after his ouster as prime minister in a military coup._April 10, 1986 — Benazir Bhutto returns from exile in London...

Benazir Bhutto's pale skin, designer clothes and degrees from Harvard and Oxford seem to contradict her self-appointed role as savior of Pakistan's poor and illiterate — particularly in Karachi's slums.Campaign posters of the former prime minister, once nicknamed "Pinkie" because of her rosy complexion, cover...

Sweating slightly, the son of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto slipped into the basement of a swanky London hotel, took his place behind a bank of microphones and looked up. Cameras flashed. He barely blinked.Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a deep breath before meeting the...