Ms. Nusrat Bhutto This is Me

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1. 1. Former Pakistani leader: 'We are one world, struggling for one peace'

   www.naplesnews.com/03/02/naple - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/15/2003   Last Visited: 2/15/2003

   Bhutto returned to Oxford for a year of graduate study in international law and diplomacy. She wanted to join the Foreign Service, but her father wanted her to contest the assembly election. She was too young, and instead assisted her father as an adviser.
   
   Bhutto's father was ousted from office in a 1977 military coup, imprisoned, freed, and imprisoned again, until he was executed by hanging. Bhutto's two brothers were murdered.
   
   A political activist and titular head of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Bhutto was elected prime minister in November 1988, but her government was illegally dismissed in August 1990. She again became prime minister when her party won a majority in the October 1993 elections.
   
   Once again, in November 1996, her government was dismissed illegally. She is the current leader of the Opposition, National Assembly, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
   
   Bhutto was imprisoned repeatedly and kept under house arrest by the Pakistani government. She became a political exile in London from 1984 to 1986. She tells of her experiences in books she has written, "Foreign Policy in Perspective," "Daughter of Destiny" and "Pakistan: The Gathering Storm."
   
   Bhutto married Asif Ali Zaradari in an arranged marriage.

2. 2. www.shwing.com

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   Published on: 12/29/2007   Last Visited: 1/15/2008

   But, yeah, I mean, essentially what happened is that when Murtaza Bhutto returned to the country, their mother, Nusrat Bhutto, was chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party.

3. 3. TRN Online: News

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   Published on: 9/25/2002   Last Visited: 9/25/2002

   Her mother, Nusrat Bhutto, was a member of Parliament and deputy prime minister of Pakistan. Bhutto became prime minister in 1988 as a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, but her government was illegally dismissed in 1990. In 1993, she was re-elected but was once again illegally dismissed in 1996. While in office, Bhutto met with former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in an effort to improve relations between the warring nations.
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   Bhutto is currently the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly. She has spoken before the French National Assembly, a joint session of Congress and the Beijing Women Conference.
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   "I can't believe we had the foresight to have Ms. Bhutto come and speak to our students. It is an exceptional opportunity for MSU."
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   Bhutto will speak at MSU's Akin Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday. Tickets for the public are $10. For more information, call 397-4291.
   
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