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Article: Bhutto named Pakistan's prime minister
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 2, 1988
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ISLAMABAD Benazir Bhutto, who gave up the life of a jet-setting
socialite to avenge her father's death, achieved her ultimate
ambition Thursday when she was nominated as the Moslem world's first
female prime minister.
Supporters set off fireworks and fired into the air in
celebration as Pakistan's acting president, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, told
the nation in a television address that Bhutto was their choice.
Bhutto, 35, mother of a 2-month-old son, will be sworn in today
to head the first democratically elected government in Pakistan since
her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was overthrown 11 years ago.
"With this nomination the democratic character of the country is
restored," said former ...