Thoughts about Benazir Bhutto as I saw the final moments of her Assassination
I don’t remember if it was from her autobiography or from her syndicated column that I learnt about the behind the scene activities of ‘Shimla agreement’ that was signed after India -Pakistan 1971 war. Benazir must have been 26 then when she accompanied her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for the summit talks with Indira Gandhi. Benazir wonderfully portrayed the defeated mindset of Pakistani rulers whose pride was brutally wounded after their defeat in war and partition of their country. I think the opportunity to be present at the Shimla Pact must have been the moment for Benazir’s baptism into Pakistani politics. In 1993, I saw Benazir’s mother at hotel Intercon in Abu Dhabi. She was tall, fair and it seemed she bestowed her physical traits to Benazir. I do not know if she is still alive or not, but if she is- this must be the most cruel moment for her. Her husband was hanged, her one son – Murtuza was murdered in Cannes, second son – Shahanwaz ambushed and killed by Pakistani forces and