This is going to be one of those media checks.
If the media ya'll checking today isn't talking about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto somewhere near the headlines, then you better check what media you're checking.
This is to mean no disrespect. I just wanna emphasize how important this woman was, and still is, to the regional politics of Pakistan, and the international community as a whole. She was the first female prime minister of Pakistan, democratically elected for real, and ended up leading Pakistan twice, once from 1988-1990 and again from 1993-1996. At the time of her death, she was an opposition leader in Pakistan, was regarded by her supporters as the one of hopes of democracy to their nation. Course, this view wasn't held by all, especially with those who agreed with the number of corruption charges that drove her out of her office the second time.
I really don't have the intelligence, background, or literacy to give the biography of her life. Hopefully, John F. Burns from the New York Times does, cuz he wrote her obituary. Check it.
I guess this is just to pay respects to a strong and powerful woman who had a hard and controversial life. I mean, I'm just checking out the effect her death had on people. There are people crying in the streets where she was shot, there are people crying in the hospital which pronounced her dead, you know? There's reports of violence on the streets. President Pervaz Musharraf went on television to respond (capitalize?) on her death. So at the very least, Respects.
Fig 1.1 Aftermath at Rawalpindi, Scene of the Assassination
If the media ya'll checking today isn't talking about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto somewhere near the headlines, then you better check what media you're checking.
This is to mean no disrespect. I just wanna emphasize how important this woman was, and still is, to the regional politics of Pakistan, and the international community as a whole. She was the first female prime minister of Pakistan, democratically elected for real, and ended up leading Pakistan twice, once from 1988-1990 and again from 1993-1996. At the time of her death, she was an opposition leader in Pakistan, was regarded by her supporters as the one of hopes of democracy to their nation. Course, this view wasn't held by all, especially with those who agreed with the number of corruption charges that drove her out of her office the second time.
I really don't have the intelligence, background, or literacy to give the biography of her life. Hopefully, John F. Burns from the New York Times does, cuz he wrote her obituary. Check it.
I guess this is just to pay respects to a strong and powerful woman who had a hard and controversial life. I mean, I'm just checking out the effect her death had on people. There are people crying in the streets where she was shot, there are people crying in the hospital which pronounced her dead, you know? There's reports of violence on the streets. President Pervaz Musharraf went on television to respond (capitalize?) on her death. So at the very least, Respects.
Fig 1.1 Aftermath at Rawalpindi, Scene of the AssassinationPowered by ScribeFire.
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