The day democracy died.

Bhutto as I called her was a figure to reckon with, a symbol of dedication, commitment, passion and development. She was the pride of not just Pakistan but the whole of south Asia. A leader who was a brilliant orator and one of the figures who brought south Asia on the global map as a powerful zone which could not be side lined anymore. Democracy was her cry and she died continuing her pledge of a free and moderate Pakistan.

Benezir’s assassination is a warning to all of us of how deep these extremist roots have become in our countries, be it India or Pakistan we are faced by these handful of people who want to create panic and fear for there own personnel motives; taking religion as a shield they are making humanity suffer.

I saw her as a child and was in owe of this beautiful women who made you believe every word she said, she had the charisma of her father and people followed her in the direction she wanted them to take; so powerful she was that be it Mrs Thatcher, Tony Blair, George Bush or Bill Clinton, everyone wanted to stay connected with Benezir.

Educated in the best schools in the world she was a great modern influence on a country which needed it the most at this time for economic and social development in the new era world.

Benezir said to a BBC journalist in an interview in October:

‘I am not afraid of death, I will go home to make my country a better place to live’
She might not be alive to see her vision of a free and liberal south Asia come true if and when it does, but if we all follow the great leader at least she did not die in vain.

‘Be the change you want to see’ Mahatma Gandhi

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