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Military or dictatorial rule is not good for our Pakistan.

Benazir Bhutto

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Benazir Bhutto
Age: 54 †
Born: 1953
Born: June 21
Died: 2007
Died: December 27
Former Prime Minister Of Pakistan
Politician
Heart of Pakistan
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Daughter of the East
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Pakistan
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Whatever my aims and agendas were, I never asked for power.
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