Benazir gave the common man a voice

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Karachi | Glowing tribute





Benazir gave the common man a voice: Zardari

December 27, 2008

ISLAMABAD: Paying tribute to former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday that she will always be remembered as “a leader who gave voice to the muted turbulence of the spirits of vanquished people”.

In his message on the first death anniversary of his wife, Zardari acknowledged Benazir’s sacrifices, and said she gave strength to the weak and motivation to the people to strive for a goal higher than life.

“It is a measure of her greatness that ordinary people who came in contact with her became extraordinary,” he said.

The president said it was ‘painful’ to recall the fateful day when terrorists targeted Benazir just when she vowed in her own words to “bring change to the country and empower the people”.

He said Benazir was fully aware of the dangers to her life, yet she decided to return home to fight for the restoration of Pakistan’s place in the community of democratic nations. He said Benazir believed that “militancy flourishes in countries where dictatorship flourishes”, giving rise to hopelessness that creates the desperation that fuells religious extremism1. President Zardari urged the democratic forces to re-dedicate themselves to fighting militancy and extremism by strengthening democratic institutions.

Meanwhile, Information Minister Sherry Rehman said Pakistan would always remember December 27 for the loss of a leader who “set the direction of Pakistan's politics for over three decades.”

“It is going to be the year she finally fell victim to the bullet that had been following her for over three decades,” the minister said in her message on Benazir’s death anniversary. app

 

[must7]

I would rather say that democracy has given "the common thief" a voice ! be it in the era of Benazir or Nawaz corruption & mismanagement has been at it's height in Pakistan.

 

[RabzonKhan]

I would rather say that democracy has given "the common thief" a voice ! be it in the era of Benazir or Nawaz corruption & mismanagement has been at it's height in Pakistan.

But the dictators have not done any better.


The 2007 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index

A score of 5.0 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem.

Pakistan ranks 140 out of 180 Countries.

 

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Chicago street named after Benazir Bhutto

1/8/2009

CHICAGO: A portion of the famous Clark Street in Chicago’s Roger’s Park district has been named as “Benazir Bhutto Way” in recognition of her long struggle and services for promotion of democracy in Pakistan. The Pakistani-American community initiated the proposal and got it approved from the city through the support of Joe Moore, the local area alderman, ort counsellor.

The unveiling ceremony of the plaque was jointly performed by Pakistan’s Consul-General in Chicago, Aman Rashid, Alderman Joe Moore and Senior Vice- President of Pakistan People’s Party (US) Ijaz Farrukh. A portion of the Devon Avenue, a major east-west thoroughfare in the Chicago metropolitan area, is named after Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.