The tenure of second government of Benazir Bhutto?

Tenure of Benazir Bhutto’s Second Government

✅ From: 19 October 1993
✅ To: 5 November 1996

Term Start Date End Date Duration
Second Term as Prime Minister  19 October 1993  to 5 November 1996 ( 3 years and 17 days).

📘 Explanation:- 

• ✅President: Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari
• ✅Prime Minister: Benazir Bhutto (2nd term: 1993–1996)
• ✅Action: On 5th November 1996, President Leghari dismissed the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto using Article 58(2)(b) of the Constitution of Pakistan.
• ✅Reason Given: Corruption, misgovernance, law and order failure, and alleged misuse of authority.

Biography of Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007)

  ✅ Full Name   Benazir Bhutto
  ✅ Born   21 June 1953, Karachi, Pakistan.
  ✅ Father  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Former Prime Minister & Founder of PPP).
  ✅ Education   Harvard University (Radcliffe College), University of Oxford.
  ✅ Political Party  Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
  ✅ First Term as PM  1988–1990  (1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country).
  ✅  Second Term as PM   1993–1996
  ✅  First Muslim Woman   To lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country.
  ✅ Husband   Asif Ali Zardari (Later became President of Pakistan).
  ✅ Children  Three, including Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
  ✅ Returned to Pakistan  18 October 2007 (from exile), amid threats from extremists.
  ✅ Assassination  27 December 2007, during election campaign.
  ✅ Legacy  Symbol of democracy, women’s empowerment, and political struggle.