Death anniversary: NA speaker pays tribute to Benazir

ISLAMABAD: Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto was a stateswoman and a visionary political leader, said National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. She had achieved a unique status in Pakistani politics due to her extraordinary intelligence, tireless efforts and bold style of politics said the speaker. He said this while paying homage to the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on her ninth death anniversary. He added that she had the courage to challenge the worst dictatorship of its time. Pakistani political leaders remembered her as a leader who gave voice to the downtrodden, he added. Sadiq recalled the day of her assassination as a ‘sad chapter in the political history of the country’.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28^th, 2016.