Benazir Bhutto was a prime minister’s daughter. Following the 1977 elections, her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was arrested and hanged. Benazir, though under house arrest, found herself the head of the Pakistan People’s Party. In 1984, she was allowed to travel to England. Two years later, martial law was lifted in Pakistan, and Benazir returned to a rousing welcome by hundreds of thousands of people, at the Lahore airport. In 1988, the dictator Zia-ul-Haq announced elections. Making light of her advanced pregnancy, Bhutto campaigned for 15 hours a day. Her party won a majority with the support of smaller parties. Benazir became the youngest, and the first woman Prime Minister to lead a Muslim nation in modern times. She lost the elections in 1990, but won the 1993 elections. However, her government was dismissed in 1996. On 27th December, 2007 Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at a pre-election rally in Rawalpindi.
