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Top 10 political assassinations in Pakistan

New Delhi: The political life in Pakistan has been punctuated with assassinations since 1947.An assassination is the deliberate killing of a person for a motive which may be jealousy, political, religious, and ideological.The record of

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2. Muhammad Zia- Ul Haq

 

The President of Pakistan, and Chief of Army Staff from 1978 to 1988, Zia seized power from  Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in a bloodless coup on July 5, 1977, and became chief martial-law administrator while retaining his position as Army chief of staff.

He died a mysterious death in a plane crash on Aug, 17, 1988 near Bahawalpur airport.

On board were US Ambassador, chief of the US military mission in Pakistan, and a group of senior officers from Pakistan army with him.

The plane lost control suddenly and hit the ground and was broken into pieces.

Witnesses cited in Pakistan's official investigation said that the C-130 began to pitch "in an up-and-down motion" while flying low shortly after take-off before going into a "near-vertical dive", exploding on impact, killing all on board.

No evidence has come to light although many theories exist about the mysterious plane crash.

 
3. Benazir Bhutto

 

Served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir belonged to the political family of Bhuttos. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former PM of Pakistan and member of Pakistan People's Party.

In 1996, her career came to a downfall after  charges of corruption were levelled on her by President Farooq Ahmed Leghari and she went on  nine years exile.

After she returned to Pakistan in 2007, she was assassinated in a bombing on 27th December.

She was assassinated while she was leaving for PPP campaign rally for 2008 general elections in which she was the opposing candidate.

The Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility of the attack. 



4. Murtaza Bhutto

 

Benazir's brother and her biggest enemy, Murtaza was the leader of al-Zulfiqar, a terrorist organization. He was sent to exile in Afghanistan and returned to his country in 1993.

He then contested elections Sindh Provincial Assembly. After the increasing tiff between the brother and sister, Murtaza was shot dead along with six associates in a police encounter near his home in Karachi on 20 September 1996.

Asif Ali Zardari, husband of Benazir was indicted for Muratza's death but was then acquitted in 2008.

 

 

 

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