National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that former prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto (BB) had sacrificed her life for the restoration and strengthening of democracy in the country.
“She has the honour of being the first elected woman prime minister of the Islamic world, and her sacrifices for the restoration and promotion of democracy in the country will always be remembered,” he said in his message on her 70th birth anniversary, which is celebrated on June 21 every year.
Pervez Ashraf said Benazir Bhutto always fought for the protection of the rights of farmers, labourers and the downtrodden sections of society.
Her mission was to establish a democratic system and a society based on equality in the country, which was, in fact, the mission of the leader of the people, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he added.—APP
