I didn't choose life, but life chose me. Born in Pakistan, my life reflects its turmoil, tragedy and triumph. —Benazir Bhutto
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the death of Bey Bhutto</h1>
Benazir Bhutto, born in Karachi in 1953, is a Sindh father of the founder of the People's Party and the first democratically elected prime minister of Pakistan.
The ancient Bhutto tribe is one of the largest tribes in Sindh. The Bhutto family, a descendant of the Bhutto tribal leader Sartar Dadu Khan, is also the most prominent family in Pakistan.
At the age of 16, she enrolled at Harvard University in the United States. Bey Bhutto claimed that it was "the happiest four years of her life" and laid the foundation for her belief in democracy.
After graduating, she went to Oxford University in the United Kingdom for further studies, and in 1976 she was elected head of the Oxford University Student Council, becoming the first Asian-American woman to hold the position.
In 1977, General Zia Haq staged a coup d'état, her father was deposed and deposed, and in 1979 he was hanged.
On 17 August 1988, General Zia Haq was killed in a bizarre air crash. Bey Bhutto, 35, heard the news and immediately returned to Pakistan. Taking advantage of the Bhutto family's great prestige, she was prime minister twice from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.
She was the first female prime minister in Pakistan's history and the first female leader in the Islamic world.
Although She faced accusations of lack of political ability and corruption, she was still very prominent in the male-dominated political arena and won the support of the domestic people and the West.
Pakistani people call her "iron butterfly", describing her as having a heart as strong as steel under the feminine appearance of a butterfly. She is the "cold rose" and "Mona Lisa" in the minds of the People of Pakistan. There are prophecies in the West that she will be worshipped as the "Virgin of Pakistan."
However, her life was full of ups and downs and hardships.
In April 1999, the Bey Bhuttos were charged with corruption and mismanagement and sentenced to prison and fines by Sharif of the Zia Haq faction. The couple fled with 3 children and began their exile in Dubai.
In October 2007, under pressure from Britain and the United States, Pakistani President Musharraf pardoned Bey Bhutto. She ended her 8 years in exile and returned to her homeland.
On October 19, the day after her return, an explosion attack on her in Karachi killed 124 people and injured nearly 400, but Bey Bhutto was lucky to escape.
She immediately said: "We will never bow to extremism because our lives are threatened" and called on the United States and Britain to intervene in the investigation of the attack.
Two months later, on December 27, after attending a rally of BJP supporters in Rawalpindi, Bey Bhutto, smiling, walked through the crowds to the north gate of the park to get on the bus and leave.
All along, Bey Bhutto insisted on making his own decisions about which car to take, which even the security consultant could not influence. That day, Bey Bhutto pulled open the white door of the four Land Cruisers.
Tides of supporters remained reluctant to leave, encircling her car. Bey Bhutto stood in the car seat, leaned halfway out of the skylight, and beckoned in response.
Just then, an accident happened!
15-year-old Bilal, dressed in a black jacket and sunglasses, suddenly rushed to Bey Bhutto's side on a motorcycle and shot her three times in a row from a distance of less than a meter.
Her turbans were stacked on the left side, her body fell forward and slid into the car, shouting: "Long live the Bhutto family."
Before the stunned crowd could react from what was happening, another man next to Bilal detonated his vest.
After a violent explosion, the smoke column rose and the scene was in chaos, killing Bilal and 23 people around him on the spot.
Bey Bhutto died after being sent to the hospital at the age of 54.
To this day, the assassination of Bey Bhutto remains a mystery, leaving several big mysteries to be solved: What role did Pakistan's ISI play? Why did the people involved die one after another? Why didn't the husband seriously investigate the cause of his wife's death after he became president? Are the Taliban the real culprits behind the scenes?
<H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > why is ISIS suspected? </h1>
In Pakistan, ask a casual pedestrian: Who killed Bey Bhutto? More than half would say that the ISI did it.
The ISI is known to the Pakistani people as a "country within a state." Scholars consider it to be "the last bastion of the old feudal upper class against democracy and populism." It is neither controlled by the military nor fully subordinate to the authorities.
Asked if the ISI was involved in the assassination that year, the outgoing Musharraf replied: "Probably, I don't have conclusive evidence in my hand, but my judgment is very accurate." This Western-leaning lady could easily be their target. ”
In fact, Musharraf himself is suspicious.
Mark Siegel, Bey Bhutto's assistant, recalled that in September 2007, as Bey Bhutto was about to end his exile, Musharraf had called her. Bey Bhutto put down the phone and said, "He (Musharraf) threatened me not to go back. ”
According to Mark Siegel, Musharraf said he could not be held responsible for Bey Bhutto's security.
On the eve of Bhutto's murder, the United States provided intelligence to Pakistan that Bhutto's life was facing a very serious real threat. However, the Pakistani side has been slow to act and has not responded effectively.
On the night of Bey Bhutto's death, CNN host Blitzer published a letter that Bey Bhutto wrote to him before his death. In the letter, Bey Bhutto criticized Pakistani officials for not guarding her tightly enough. For example, when she asked to go out in a car, 4 police cars should surround the car at any time. "Judging from the photos of the scene of the attack, it is clear that her request has not been met." The person who forwarded the letter revealed to Blitzer that the contents of the letter must not be made public unless Bey Bhutto was attacked and died.
The British newspaper said: "The casual attitude of Pakistani security personnel to the work of Bey Bhutto's guards has made the assassination a matter of pure time." ”
Hassan Runier, a BJP official in charge of security, claimed that on the day of the incident, a close retinue of Be bhutto named Khalid Sahaensha was acting suspiciously.
Live video later released by the media showed that when Bey Bhutto finished his speech, Khalid Sahaensha actually made a throat-slitting gesture at the throat of his own throat, which seemed neither reasonable nor normal, and most likely implied that the attacker could do it.
Even more bizarre to the BJP is the fact that after the murder of Bey Bhutto, Khalid Sahaensha never appeared again and disappeared from the vast sea of people.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > why did people die one after another? </h1>
On August 31, 2017, a Pakistani court handed down a verdict 10 years after the incident: former President Musharraf was suspected of assassinating Bey Bhutto and issued an indefinite arrest warrant for him; sentenced two police officers suspected in the case to 17 years in prison; and released five previously arrested suspects of the "PakistanI Taliban Movement".
Musharraf, who sought medical treatment abroad, strenuously denied the allegations. "I laughed when I heard that," he said. "What reason do I have to kill her?" At that time, the exiled Bey Bhutto was able to return to his homeland because of the "rights-sharing agreement". Pardoning The accusations against Bey Bhutto, Musharraf as president and Bey Bhutto as prime minister were the basis for her return to her country. Why did Musharraf get rid of an ally?
Previously, the above 5 suspects had confessed that they had helped Bilal carry out the assassination. Now, the court abruptly declared that the evidence collection process did not comply with the regulations, and acquitted 5 people.
In addition to these people, the other relevant people involved in the case died accidentally one after another.
In May 2008, Khalid Sahaensha, who had made a strange throat-slitting gesture next to Bey Bhutto, was found killed in her home.
In 2008, two accomplices of the 15-year-old juvenile killer were killed;
In 2010, the provider of the suicide vest was killed.
In May 2013, Zoffigar, the special prosecutor investigating the Case of Bey Bhutto, was shot by two men on motorcycles while driving to the courthouse and died after being taken to the hospital.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > husband not seriously investigate the cause of his wife's death? </h1>
According to Pakistani custom, Bey Bhutto's marriage was arranged by his parents.
In 1985, after 20 years of admiration, Zardari plucked up the courage to ask his father to propose to the Bhutto family. On December 23, 1987, after two years of "negotiations" between the parents, 35-year-old Bey Bhutto saw her future husband: the leader of a 100,000-strong tribe, a large Sindh landowner and construction magnate.
On the 5th day after meeting, the two were lightning engaged.
Before the wedding, Bey Bhutto had never been alone with her husband, and had not even pulled her hand once.
Many Pakistanis consider Zardari to be not an ideal marriage partner. He was a male brother when he was young and had a bad reputation. Within the BJP, everyone thought he was unworthy of Bey Bhutto. Bhutto's younger brother, Murtaza Bhutto, was extremely disgusted with his brother-in-law and often clashed with him.
But Bey Bhutto believes: "I believe that it is the people of the world who bear him, not the people of the world." ”
When Bey Bhutto became prime minister, he appointed her husband as minister of investment. Since then, Zardari has had the reputation of "Mr. 10%". All the projects he works on must be given a 10% benefit. And to see him, clear and real price, Tong Sou is not deceived, handed over 10,000 US dollars of stepping stones.
In his will, Bey Bhutto entrusted the position of leader of the People's Party to her husband. However, Zardari was so poorly known that he brought in his son Bilavar Bhutto (then 19 years old) and co-chaired him as a joint leader. The following year, Zardari was elected president, completing a five-year term until 2013.
Many Pakistanis accused him of not making full use of his presidency to thoroughly investigate his wife's assassination.
Zardari responded that he had clearly cooperated with Scotland Yard (London Police) and the United Nations Commission of Inquiry.
But a U.N. commission of inquiry said they were not only obstructed by the military, but also in the way of the authorities.
Scotland Yard said Pakistani police had never managed to continue to search for the real culprit behind the scenes, in addition to several of the arrested low-level facilitators.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Taliban are the real culprits behind the scenes? </h1>
The PakistanI Taliban Movement was originally an offshoot of the Afghan Taliban, led by Betura Mahsud.
After 9/11 in 2001, the Afghan Taliban were hit by NATO allies led by U.S. troops.
With some remnants, Betula Mahsud sneaked back from Afghanistan to his native tribal area in northwestern Pakistan, forming a loose alliance with the 13 armed factions that controlled the tribes, gradually talibanizing the entire region.
In December 2007, Betula Mahsud officially declared himself a self-reliant movement to form the Pakistan Taliban Movement, with the main goal of opposing the United States and seeking tribal autonomy for the Pashtuns.
In fact, after Bey Bhutto returned home, she received a confidential information from the CIA: 4 attack squads, each with 5 members, had infiltrated Karachi and were ready to attack her.
These four teams were sent by the "Bata" and "Atta" organizations. Intercepted audio of the call showed that they were not accustomed to women in power, claiming that Bey Bhutto was the spokesman of the West in Pakistan and the most valuable asset of the United States in Pakistan and that she must be removed.
Bebto informed Musharraf of the names and phone numbers of the three squad leaders.
After the assassination, "Bata" took responsibility for itself, claiming that "we have ended America's most precious asset." ”
Pakistani police also intercepted an audio clip confirming that the attack was linked to Bata:
Mahasud: Did the three of them do it?
- Mullah: It's Iqlamura and Bilal.
— Mahsud: Congratulations. It was an amazing thing, and the child who killed her was so brave.
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The People's Party believes that the above evidence is not credible and is suspected of diverting attention.
On May 31, 2019, Pakistan's retired Brigadier General Raja Rizwan of Pakistan's Islamic Service was sentenced to death by the Pakistani side for selling classified information to female CIA spies.
It is reported that Lizwan provided the CIA with a large amount of evidence of Pakistan's COOPERATION between the Islamic Services And the Taliban, which not only provided funding, training and shelter for the Taliban, but even members of the Taliban's leadership committee. The ISI used the Taliban to play a trick of coercing self-esteem and exchanging hands with each other.
The assassination of Bey Bhutto shows the complexity of Pakistan's domestic political situation. The open struggle between various forces will make Pakistan falter like this.