Benazir Bhutto was strongest chain of Federation of Pakistan: Bilawal.

KARACHI -- Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in a message on the death anniversary of his mother, former prime minister and party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said she was the strongest chain of Federation of Pakistan.

'Those who assassinated her had planned to break the chain but failed due to 'Pakistan Khappe' slogan of President Asif Ali Zardari soon after the national tragedy,' he said, paying rich tribute to her.

He said the people of Pakistan would never forget their brave leader, who sacrificed everything for the country and for the rights of its downtrodden and barefoot masses. As a young daughter whose father and the most popular leader Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged by a dictator, she fought bravely for the ideals her father embraced the gallows for, he added.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said she led the followers of ex-PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto into an untiring struggle against the brutal tyrant in shape of Zia. She suffered solitary confinement, imprisonments and forced exiles while fighting for restoration of democracy.

He pointed out that Benazir Bhutto defeated the dictatorship and was given power under compulsion after its remnants failed to completely hijack the 1988 general elections. After...