The Liquidation Of Benazir Bhutto

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Ananth Venkatesh tells us why Benazir Bhutto was important for the world, for India and for women rights.

  • Her occupation of the seat of the PM served as a great uplift for all the women of Pakistan
  • Chauvinistic elements of the military found the prospect of dealing with a female PM unpalatable
  • She commendably and candidly confessed to the Indian media that she might have made blunders in the past