A legacy of struggle for democracy on December 27, 2024Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s death anniversary will be marked this year amidst another situation of political uncertainty in Pakistan. A few days before her assassination, she had vowed to protect her country from nefarious plans of terrorists. Extremist elements wanted to target Pakistan’s sovereignty. Despite knowing the danger and threat to her life, Shaheed BB […]
Prof Waris Mir Died with his Boots On on July 9, 2024Remembering Prof. Waris Mir on his death anniversary brings to mind his prolific scholarly writings that used to advocate democracy and liberal and progressive thoughts during General Zia ul Haq’s conservative and repressive rule. A professor at the Mass Communication Department of Punjab University, Lahore, Waris Mir belonged to that era of Pakistan’s history when […]
Custodians of a Legacy on December 27, 2023The evening of December 27 2007, was filled with harrowing sorrow. I was lost in thought when a phone call pierced through the silence. Amir Mir informed me that Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was seriously wounded in a bomb blast while coming out of a jalsa in Rawalpindi, and she was being taken to a hospital. […]
Benazir Bhutto’s Political Struggle on June 21, 2023Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was born to a father who was a renowned political figure and to a mother who was a kind-hearted humanitarian. The qualities of her parents amalgamated in Benazir’s personality in a truly Benazir, meaning, unparalleled manner. In July 1977, when Benazir Bhutto arrived in Lahore, the people of Pakistan came out […]
Remembering Shaheed-e-Jamhuriat Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 4, 2023Forty-four years ago on 4th April, 1979, Pakistan’s elected Prime Minister and the founder of Pakistan People’s Party was killed in what is now acknowledged as judicial murder. Today, his legacy continues to live on in the hearts of the Pakistani people and importantly, the party he founded is still alive and widely relevant in […]
Remembering Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2022December 2022 marks 15 years of losing the Muslim World’s first female prime minister, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. She was a symbol of the federation, championing the cause of democracy. Her loss was not any one party’s loss but it created a vacuum in politics at the national level and her death only benefited the […]
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto – tethered to people forever on June 21, 2022Fourteen years on, as we mark Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s birthday, she is not amongst us physically, but her name is still alive in the hearts and minds of the people across the world. June 21, 2022, is Shaheed BB’s 69th birthday. Death is an undeniable reality but some people are born to live beyond death. […]
Remembering the legacy of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on April 4, 2022Forty-three years ago, on April 4, 1979, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged as a result of an unfair trial. Today, there is a consensus on the fact that Pakistan’s most popular leader was killed in a judicial murder on the behest of a military dictator. Till the very end, Bhutto refused to cower in front […]
Remembering Benazir Bhutto & Her Journey to Martyrdom on December 27, 2021“Shadow, I will miss u. I thank u for all u did for the prty and me from the time I met u in 1977. Forgive me if I hurt u but I want u to know I always values your support. God bless you. Bibi” In this brief email, sent from her Blackberry® […]
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto: A Global Leader on December 27, 2020On the eve of 27 th of December, 2007, the sky, the ground and the hearts of the people of Pakistan bled as Pakistan’s beloved former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was brutally assassinated. She was a part of our family, our homes, and her loss felt personal to every single Pakistani, regardless of their political […]