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I thought a shaheed is one who dies for his/her faith. BB was far from religious and did not die for her faith or country.
The media plays a big part in the perception of political people in India and Pakistan. From what I know she was a dirty, rotten, corrupt human being. But her death made her a shaheed in the eyes of the media in Pakistan. I remember having a chat with a Pakistani online after her demise, and he was all about how toxic she was for Pakistan. It's much like how Indira Gandhi has been portrayed in India after she was assassinated, when she was actually a dirty, rotten, scroundel in real life.
Interestingly BB's father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged by Zia ul Haq for murder and he is also sometimes called a shaheed.
This is demeaning and insulting the legacies of the 11 recipients of the Nishan-e-Haider who are the true shaheeds, people "showing feats of extraordinary courage in confronting the enemy. As a matter of practice and precedent, it has only been awarded where it has been established that the recipient acted despite high risks and was killed in the act."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishan-e-Haider
The issue of the misuse of a noble title.She’s dead now. Even if she doesn’t serve to be called shaheed what’s such a big issue thag you can’t spare a dead woman
The issue of the misuse of a noble title.
No surprise that this thread is filled with overseas pakistanis question the title of my country's leaders.....
Her father died in the struggle for pakistan and she also died for pakistan. She came to the country knowing that she will be killed yet she took her chances for the country. Unlike overseas, sitting here and judging her.
If you guys want to go all analytic on shaheeds, than even army men of pakistan wont be considered as shaheeds. The taliban that died in war with pak army call them selves shaheed while pak army men who died also call them shaheed.
Rashid minhas is considered a shaheed while in bangladesh the other pilot is also considered a shaheed for them.
Maybe a better thread title could had been what warrants a shaheed instead of going after a specific person due to political reasons
She died for a family business. Her fathers killers are in business with them today. Save the fake rona dona for your fellow fascists.
She died for her country. Who unlike you came from exile but was killed.
She died for a family business. Her fathers killers are in business with them today. Save the fake rona dona for your fellow fascists.
She died for her country. Who unlike you came from exile but was killed.
I think it is justified to call her Shaheed; she became victim of terrorist attack and her killers had murdered many innocent Pakistanis who we all call shaheed so same applies to Benazir Bhutto.
To me a Shaheed is someone dies in the name of Allah and jurstice. She fought for a family business against another set of crooks just as crooked as her family. So simple answer is no.
This. No amount of trolling by thief lovers will change this simple fact.
BB was a curse like NS is on Pakistan. She and Nawaz turned their families into dynastic masters of Pakistan and started the tradition of fighting each other to see who steals and loots Pakistan more.
She is only shaheed in the eyes of jiyalas who are khandani supporters of PPP.
Those gangster Nooras ran over and a killed a 9 year old boy. They did not even have the decency to stop and later proclaimed the dead boy a shaheed. A shaheed for democracy.
If anyone has been a shaheed in the recent past in Pakistan, it is undoubtedly Aitzaz Hasan - who saved countless lives. A boy, about whom his father said "My son made his mother cry but saved hundreds of mothers from crying for their children."
Really? She was also corrupt as her husband.It is very likely that Pakistan would be a much better country now if she was not killed at that time.
Really? She was also corrupt as her husband.
Who is not a corrupt politician then ?Really? She was also corrupt as her husband.
IK. After 18 months of torture and blackmail they haven't found a single thing. So desperate were your guys that have run some of the most stupid cases we have seen.Who is not a corrupt politician then ?
Benazhir corruption can be single handedly blamed on her husband and his prior links with the andIK. After 18 months of torture and blackmail they haven't found a single thing. So desperate were your guys that have run some of the most stupid cases we have seen.
No. Look up the Rockingham mansion and Condi Rice book, she was in on itBenazhir corruption can be single handedly blamed on her husband and his prior links with the and
Benazhir was a shaheed killed by tamil tigers/ttp because she didn't sit at home and chat to jihadists on Facebook all day
Was this in her first spell or secondNo. Look up the Rockingham mansion and Condi Rice book, she was in on it
Over both. The Condi revelation was around 2006.Was this in her first spell or second
What about Daniel pearlOver both. The Condi revelation was around 2006.
What about him?What about Daniel pearl
what? really?Most people who have an issue here with Benazir being called a Shaheed have no issues with IK calling Osama Bin Laden a Shaheed…
Let that sink in.
Did you never see her last interviewWhat about him?
No, i never took her seriously after she and her husband decided to steal billions from our poor countryDid you never see her last interview
PTI being high on army influence never understood the concept that by giving too much power to the khakis, one day they could end up putting them out to dry. PTI was soo confident that they thought they would win another term through another army rigging and life would be good.It is very likely that Pakistan would be a much better country now if she was not killed at that time.
She denied she owned Rockingham Palace. Why was that? Why was she hiding its ownership and where did the money come from? IK has been held for 5 months and investigations started straight after he left office and they haven't found any evidence where he was corrupt. Nothing was or is hidden. Why is IK so honest compared to the BB and her even more husband.She was not a corrupt women, yes her husband was and benefitted alot during her political career, but Benazir was a clean women and her corruption allegations were just allegations and never proven.
She was a shaheed. Simple as that.
In Pakistan, people think that fighting a war and than dieing is shaheed, a religious connotation has been attached to it. Shaheed is a martyr, and a martyr is someone who gets killed just for his beliefs.
Benazir was a martyr because she knew the risks of returning back to the country. She knew the risks of picking up a fight against the establishment. The millitary establishment did not want her back in the country, they were more than happy if she did her campaign from overseas.
When her march started, she was almost killed in Karachi. She knew the risks than and had the option to stop the rally in Karachi. But she did not. She had courage and for the betterment of the country she marched till Rawalpindi and risked her life for this country.
Posters here who love to drag Benazir's name here only and blame her for being corrupt should know that corruption is done by someone who is selfish. If Benazir was selfish, the first thing she would had done was seek revenge like Hasina Wajid did. But Benazir never stoop to such levels. She did not live or govern by selfish means.
She was a great women. Asma Jehangir and Benazir were the greatest women of Pakistan that did good for the country.
Its no surprises that PTI fans used to insult Asma Jehangir and some even today insult Benazir. But than again, PTI's leader is someone that considers Osama bin Laden a Shaheed so go figure.
PTI being high on army influence never understood the concept that by giving too much power to the khakis, one day they could end up putting them out to dry. PTI was soo confident that they thought they would win another term through another army rigging and life would be good.
PTI further messed up by making enemies with the politicians in the parliament and sleeping with the generals. Thing is, when the generals decided to force PTI to do the fouji dance, PTI had no one from the parliament to help them because they had created huge differences with other parties. One of the reasons why Asad Qaiser had to cave in as speaker during the VONC was because he was reminded that when push will come to shove, it will be the parlimantarians that will be saving him as his own party wont be able to do nothing with the army going against them, and that is what exactly happened with Asad Qaiser.
PTI insulted Asma Jehangir, they celebrated her death, and they even insult Benazir to this day. But had these both women been alive, they would had been the ones stand up for PTI if they were being treated wrongly by the establishment.
PTI cant understand this. And trust me, if another general offers PTI a rigged win, they would again take up that offer and make enemies with parliamentarians.
Nawaz learned his lesson, these guys never will.
Bro a person has died and any such discussion or debate is irrelevant.Well technically to be a 'shaheed' your past deeds don't come into it. So there is no point judging her status on the basis of alleged corruption.
There is a seperate and valid debate regarding what constitutes a martyr and if Benazif fulfils that criteria.
My personal opinion is no but its subjective as her supporters will say otherwise.
Allah will be the judge and we will leave it in his court.
Let's just have good discussionShe denied she owned Rockingham Palace. Why was that? Why was she hiding its ownership and where did the money come from? IK has been held for 5 months and investigations started straight after he left office and they haven't found any evidence where he was corrupt. Nothing was or is hidden. Why is IK so honest compared to the BB and her even more husband.
I agree with you, but not 100%. In an ideal world, what you are saying is correct. However, the PPP has politicised her "shahadat". When you bring this type of thing into the political domain to try and capitalise and gain votes, opponents will want to discuss and dissect it.Bro a person has died and any such discussion or debate is irrelevant.
Its just that opponents take such opportunities to insult the dead by making such threads and while they try to show that they are having a serious discussion but behind it they are just doing their mud slinging or trying to attack the political opponent throw such ways.
A better topic of discussion could be what is a shaheed and what is not. Atleast such a topic wont have some other manifest behind it.
Let's just have good discussion
we all know you are big fan of Imran Khan
Bhai, just don’t, please.
Billions stolen by her husband, she lied about Rockingham Palace and she only survived because of an NRO with Mush.
I do not think a Muslim will call a Non Muslim as shaheed. in the same context as used in Quran and Hadeeth , probably linguistically.More ridiculous is that bhagat singh is called shaheed-e-azam, when he was an atheist and communist.