Benazir Bhutto - The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontatio

The next decade cannot be a decade of confrontation and contention. It cannot be east vs. West. It cannot be men vs. women. It cannot be Islam vs. Christianity. That is what the enemies of dialogue want.

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Bhutto, Benazir. Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West. HarperCollins, 2008.

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About the Author

Benazir Bhutto

Born: June 21, 1953
Died: December 27, 2007
Nationality: Pakistani
Profession: Leader

Biography

Benazir Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim majority country. Ideologically a liberal and a secularist, she chaired or co-chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from the early 1980s until her assassination in 2007.

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