Bilawal pays homage to Benazir

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday paid glowing tributes to his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on the eve of her 10th death anniversary.

In his message, Bilawal said that those who murdered Benazir Bhutto had actually planned to kill the whole nation, but it was the then president Asif Ali Zardari’s timely call to stand with Pakistan that saved the country after her assassination in Rawalpindi.

“Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto lost her father, brothers and even her mother while fighting for the rights of the downtrodden masses and against dictatorial vultures hovering over a country freed from the imperial yoke by our forefathers after a long independence movement.”

Further eulogising the slain prime minister, Bilawal said that in her valiant battle against the forces of darkness and elements of dictatorships, she eventually embraced martyrdom in line with the legacy of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, but refused to bow down from her cause.

The PPP chairman pledged that the cause for which Benazir laid down her life would continue to be vigorously pursued to transform the country into an egalitarian, democratic, peaceful and progressive Pakistan. “December 27 is the day to offer salute and tributes to her by every heart that beats for Pakistan and every mind that shares her dream for Pakistan and its people.”