Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has reiterate the resolve to
continue fight for the values Shaheed Benazir Bhutto upheld during her
life.
In a message issued on the eve of the fourth martyrdom
anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, the President while paying rich tributes
to her said, “She not only believed in these values but also led the
fight for democracy and against militancy from the front.” He said in
doing so she laid down her life and illumined the path for future
generations to traverse.
He said that her assassination was a
conspiracy to rid the world of its best weapon to combat international
violent extremism. It was a conspiracy to rob Pakistan of its best hope
to establish a fully functional democracy, he added. The government is
determined to expose and punish in accordance with the law the
conspirators and perpetrators of the crime. They can not and will not go
unpunished, the President maintained.
He said, “Today we pay
tributes to her. The best way to do it is to defend and protect
democracy and democratic institutions in the country and foil all
conspiracies against it.”
He said, “Let us on this day
rededicate ourselves to the democratic mission of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto
whose life was dedicated to fighting dictatorship and those seeking to
defame and dismantle democratic institutions. I therefore urge all the
democratic forces and the patriotic Pakistanis to foil all conspiracies
against democracy and democratic institutions.”
The twice
elected Prime Minister of the country Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto
was the first elected female Prime Minister anywhere in the Muslim
World. The daughter of the country’s first directly Prime Minister she
was the undaunted champion of democracy and a great fighter for the
cause of women, underprivileged and marginalized sections of society.
She believed in the power of the ballot and rejected violent and
militant extremism as an instrument of change. Online
