Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Monday that former PM and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto was a living embodiment of courage and determination, who continued to serve as a shining example of struggle against oppression and injustice. In his message on Benazir’s fourth death anniversary’s eve, the PM said that she was firm in her resolve and had full faith in the people of Pakistan. Gilani said that December 27 revived the scars caused by a gruesome incident in the country’s history when Pakistan was deprived of a leader of international stature. Following the footprints of her illustrious father former PM and PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and as an inheritor of his legacy, Benazir joined politics for restoration and strengthening of democracy in the country, the PM said. He said that Benazir was a brave woman who regarded the restoration and protection of people’s rights as her foremost responsibility despite dangers posed to her life, adding that she devoted her energies, God-given qualities of head and heart and even her life for the cause of the people. Gilani said that history would remember Benazir as a statesperson, political leader of the highest order and an intellectual who made the ultimate sacrifice for safeguarding the rights of the people.
