Dynastie Bhutto : La Saga Sanglante des Hautes Instances politiques du Pakistan – Documentaire - AT
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Summary
The documentary chronicles the tumultuous history of the Bhutto dynasty, one of Pakistan's most prominent and tragic political families. It explores the legacy of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first democratically elected Prime Minister, his daughter Benazir, and the tragic events that have cast a shadow over their political contributions. The Bhutto family's narrative is one of political ambition, intrigue, and relentless tragedy, culminating in a series of violent deaths and controversial leadership roles. The family struggled with the military's influence in Pakistan, corruption allegations, and the personal sacrifices made by its members in pursuit of political stability in a nation fraught with conflict.
Highlights
Benazir Bhutto's 2007 return to Pakistan was filled with optimism but overshadowed by threats to her life. 🎯
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a pioneering leader as the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, but his life ended tragically. ⚔️
The Bhutto family has been entangled in a continuous cycle of political intrigue and tragic losses. 💔
Benazir's leadership was challenged by allegations of corruption and her tumultuous relationship with the military. 🏛️
Despite setbacks, Benazir remained a prominent figure advocating for democracy against authoritarian rule. 🌍
Key Takeaways
Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan in 2007 was a moment of hope amid threats of danger. 🎯
The Bhutto family is marked by a tragic pattern of political ambition ending in violent deaths. 💔
Despite their political successes, the Bhuttos faced consistent allegations of corruption. 💼
Power struggles with military leadership have been a recurring theme throughout their history. ⚔️
Benazir Bhutto became a symbol of resilience in the face of adversity, representing democracy amidst dictatorship. 🌍
Overview
The Bhutto family's journey is a Shakespearean tale of power, ambition, and tragedy set against the volatile backdrop of Pakistan's political landscape. The legacy of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who rose to become the country's first democratically elected Prime Minister, is intertwined with the stories of his daughter Benazir and other family members, whose lives were mired in controversy and violence.
Benazir Bhutto's political career was marked by her determination to restore democracy in Pakistan, often at great personal risk. Her return to Pakistan in 2007 was emblematic of her unwavering commitment to her country's future, but sadly, she became a victim of the very violence she aimed to eradicate. Her life and leadership were characterized by resilience amidst political adversity and personal sacrifice.
Despite the political achievements of the Bhuttos, their story is fraught with allegations of corruption, power struggles, and tragic deaths. The family's enduring impact on Pakistan's political fabric is undeniable, yet it is a poignant reminder of the high cost of political ambition in a nation that has yet to find lasting peace.
Chapters
00:00 - 01:00: Return of Benazir Bhutto "Return of Benazir Bhutto" highlights Benazir Bhutto's triumphant return to her home country after nine years of exile at the end of 2007. Her return is filled with optimism and the possibility of becoming the leader for the third time in her political career. The chapter conveys a sense of hope and renewal as Bhutto re-engages with her political journey.
01:00 - 02:00: History of the Bhutto Family The chapter "History of the Bhutto Family" explores the influential legacy of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1971. His political career and family have been pivotal in Pakistan's political landscape, marked by inspiration and tragedy over four decades.
02:00 - 03:00: Pakistan's Political History The chapter focuses on the tumultuous political history of Pakistan, highlighting the tragic fates of a prominent political family. It narrates the story of a democratically elected leader who was executed by a coup leader. The chapter then delves into the lives and untimely deaths of the leader's children: Sannam, who avoided politics and remains alive; Shanaouaz, who was poisoned; Murtaza, who was killed by gunfire; and Benazir, who was assassinated by a suicide bomber. This summary paints a picture of political instability and personal tragedies within the context of Pakistan's history.
03:00 - 05:00: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's Rise and Fall The chapter discusses the creation of Pakistan, highlighting its identity as a nation formed for Muslims following the partition of the Indian Empire. It describes Pakistan as a country divided into two distinct territories that are geographically separated by 2,000 kilometers. Additionally, the contrast in governance between Pakistan and India is noted, with India being characterized by its history of having regularly elected prime ministers.
05:00 - 07:30: Bhutto Family's Political and Personal Trials The chapter discusses Pakistan's political history, highlighting the control of the military over civilian rule, starting with General Ayub Khan's rise to power in 1958.
07:30 - 10:00: Benazir Bhutto's Political Journey The chapter discusses a significant period during the political journey of Benazir Bhutto's family, focusing particularly on her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It details events around the peacekeeping efforts by the UN that led to a ceasefire agreement signed in Tashkent, in the Soviet Union's territory. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who at the time was a young foreign minister, opposed the terms of this peace. As a result of his opposition, he faced temporary imprisonment by Ayub Khan, the then leader. The narrative also touches upon Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's background, noting his origins from a wealthy landowning family.
10:00 - 12:00: Assassination and Legacy of Benazir Bhutto The chapter discusses the backdrop of Sindh, emphasizing the vast lands owned by the Buttos and comparing it to French departments.
Dynastie Bhutto : La Saga Sanglante des Hautes Instances politiques du Pakistan – Documentaire - AT Transcription
00:00 - 00:30 At the end of 2007, Benazir Bhutto was jubilant. His crossing of the desert is over. She has just returned to her
country after nine years of exile. She has every chance of becoming,
for the third time in her life,
00:30 - 01:00 Prime Minister of Pakistan. Bhutto, for 40 years, has continued to inspire hope and death. Zulfika Khali Buto, in 1971,
was the Prime Minister.
01:00 - 01:30 The first to be democratically elected. He will be hanged by a Puchist general. He was the father of four children,
only Sannam, the youngest who refused politics, is still alive. Shanaouaz will die poisoned. Murtaza will be riddled with bullets. Benazir will be the victim of a suicide bomber.
01:30 - 02:00 Pakistan, the land of the pure, was created for Muslims at the time of
the partition of the Rajj, the Indian Empire. A country split into a double territory
separated by 2,000 kilometers from its enemy brother. While India will always be ruled
by regularly elected prime ministers
02:00 - 02:30 , Pakistan, since its inception,
has spent more time under the rule of generals than ruled by civilians. Ayub Khan, the first of these generals,
seized power in 1958. Immediately after their independence,
India and Pakistan were at odds over Kashmir. In 1965, a second war and a second defeat for the Afghan army.
02:30 - 03:00 The UN imposes a ceasefire
and peace is signed in Tashkent, on the territory of the Soviet Union. Next to Ayub Khan,
the young foreign minister is hostile to the conditions of peace. His name is Zulfikar Ali Buto. He was shortly after
briefly imprisoned by Ayup Khan. Zulfikar Ali Buto comes from a
wealthy landowning family
03:00 - 03:30 in Sindh,
a region where peasants are treated like deer. The Butos' lands are larger
than many French departments. After attending college in Bombay,
he went to study political science at Berklee, then law at Oxford. Back home, he will become a lawyer. But very quickly, he understood that only
politics could give free rein to his ambition.
03:30 - 04:00 From 1967, he prepared
his conquest of power. For this, he needs a party. A fellow traveler of Boutot
was the mastermind behind it. He was 30 years old at the time. This is where Butto used to sit. I would drive, and we'll go out for
meetings and processions and whatnot.
04:00 - 04:30 This is where the People's Party was founded. Its first convention was held
on November 30, 1967. Parties, Foundation, On December 7, 1970, universal suffrage was held for the
04:30 - 05:00 first time. Buto's party won 81 seats
in the West, but the Bengalis, who were much more
numerous in the East, won 160. The Prime Minister is expected to
be Mujibur Rahman, a Bengali. Out of the question for the
West Pakistanis who, until now, have always ruled the country. In the East,
people are rebelling against this injustice. And from March,
the repression begins.
05:00 - 05:30 Faced with a handful of Bengali warriors
armed covertly by India, the powerful Pakistani army is
waging a real war. The genocide will last nine months. 700,000 dead and millions
of refugees fleeing to India. The whole world is roasted. This is the moment
Indira Gandhi has been waiting for. She orders
the Indian army to intervene. Thirteen days later, Dakar was liberated.
05:30 - 06:00 East Pakistan becomes independent
as Bangladesh, the land of the Bengalis. Pakistan has lost more
than half of its population. A humiliation that Boutot refused before
the Security Council in New York. .
06:00 - 06:30 A few days later, General Yahya Khan, responsible for the defeat,
was forced to resign by Zulfikar Ali Buto,
who became president and administrator of martial law.
06:30 - 07:00 He still needs to convince people that his country
can survive the amputation of Bangladesh. This is his first televised address. We are facing the worst crisis
in our country's life. A deadly one. We have to pick up the pieces,
very small pieces. But we will make a new Pakistan. I will restore democracy. I have been invested with the powers
of President and
07:00 - 07:30 Chief Marshal Administrator. I would not like to see Marshal remain
one day longer than necessary, one minute longer than necessary,
one second longer than necessary, Pakistan. Zindaba.
He was a very beautiful person. He had a phenomenal memory. He had a phenomenal memory. Dulfikar Ali, the He could
make his choice against everyone.
07:30 - 08:00 I saw the adventure of meeting very
high dignitaries, and the president of the government,
and the president of the government. I felt proud of this man. The fact of having these kinds of meetings,
and the fact of doing what he did. As a Pakistani,
you really felt proud of him.
08:00 - 08:30 The Boutot family had taken up residence at 70 Clifton in Karachi. Boutot owned the finest
library in Pakistan, with 25,000 books. His culture was encyclopedic. All areas of
human knowledge are represented there. Of course, the shelves of
history and political analysis books are particularly well stocked,
with a marked preference for one historical figure: Napoleon. Surprisingly, there are guardian figures
for an apostle of democracy.
08:30 - 09:00 Boutot had married Nousrat,
of Iranian origin. They had four children. Each of them was enrolled at
Oxford University on the day of their birth. At home, we often had dinner with
Chuen Lai, Kissinger or Gaddafi. The future looked bright for the happy children
of Karachi's most prominent couple. In June 1972,
Buto came to Simla, India.
09:00 - 09:30 After the war, it was time
for dialogue with Indira Grande. His eldest daughter, Benazir, a
student in California, had returned home for the holidays. She accompanies her father. At 19, she saw
the history of her country being written with her own eyes. Boutot put an end to martial law,
as he had promised, and gave his country its first
democratic Constitution.
09:30 - 10:00 He was president,
he will be prime minister. He announced it himself on television. Today is a day of historic
significance to all. Today we bid goodbye. Finally, English ads can only reach a tiny English-speaking elite.
10:00 - 10:30 And Boutot knows that only Urdu
can win the hearts of Pakistanis. It is the language of immigrants from India. They have a poor grasp of it
because he was born in Sindh. Despite or perhaps because of this
clumsiness, his speeches captivate the people. Zulfikar Ali Butto, there are
two Zulfikar Ali Butto. Égneh who is there, and the other one,
you, both of you. I am in this blood, in this blood, in this Bunt, and the other,
10:30 - 11:00 in your body, in your skin. What did he do? What did he do?
What did he do? What did he do?
What did he do? He took over the country by destroying the
landlords as a class, saying all the lands would be distributed. That is what Pakistan needed. He didn't do that. He could have transformed the country's education
system
11:00 - 11:30 , using money that was available to
build an education system that would educate every boy and girl in the country. That wasn't done. He could have created a
strong health service. That wasn't done. And most importantly,
he could have cut down the size of the military by half,
reduced military expenditure, and attempted to reshape the country. He didn't do that. And so the legacy of his failure
11:30 - 12:00 To win the favor of the Islamist parties, Boutot presents himself
as a pious pilgrim to Mecca. It was he who would bring Islam
into the country as a political force. In 1974, he organized the first Islamic conference in Lahore,
the cultural capital . Surrounded by Gaddafi, Boumediene,
Arafat and Faisal of Arabia, he wants to advocate socialism,
Islamic feminism and restore pride and courage
12:00 - 12:30 to Muslims around the world. A new chief of staff was to be
appointed, and Boutot, instead of choosing the
highest-ranking general in the military hierarchy,
chose number 6. He thought that this person, Phalo
and Bigot, would be completely docile.
12:30 - 13:00 By 1977, Boutot's popularity had
plummeted as the democrat revealed himself to be a true autocrat. His entourage, the secret services
and other spies brazenly rigged the elections
to give him a plebiscite. Boutot's party won
155 of the 220 seats. Before this puppet Parliament,
without batting an eyelid, Boutot took the oath of office for the second time as Prime Minister. I Boutot.
13:00 - 13:30 Faced with this charade, demonstrations broke out throughout the country. Boutot then proclaimed martial law. The workers go on strike. The people burn the effigy
of the one who had idolized them. The country is in lockdown. Hundreds dead.
13:30 - 14:00 Boutot then agreed to meet with
the opposition leaders. On July 4, he called a
press conference at 2:00 a.m. to announce a fragile compromise. But it is too late
and a rumor is spreading in the capital. Mashallah, it's already there. Komi and Subahie
assembled said everything again. Subahie, governor, and vizier hastabierge. Albatah, Hail and Zia had
14:00 - 14:30 Boutot arrested, but he doesn't know what to do. His former benefactor is today. He released Boutot
after three weeks. And there, he is forced to admit
that this arrest has made him popular again.
14:30 - 15:00 Zia establishes Sharia law, corporal punishment for offenders, and stoning for women in
the Algerian state.
15:00 - 15:30 He allied himself with the
most extreme group of Islamism. He has never stopped proclaiming that he will
leave power as soon as order is restored, but in fact, he is refining a strategy to last.
15:30 - 16:00 Zia found a way to
get rid of Boutot. Three years before the coup, a
middle-aged man was killed in a Zillade. For his son,
Boutot was responsible. Due to lack of evidence, the case was closed. On Zia's orders,
the case was reopened. The trial is taking place before the Lahore High Court
, a travesty of justice.
16:00 - 16:30 The lack of evidence is compensated for
by the testimony of brown police officers. The judge is made to understand
how they must judge. Boutot is sentenced to death. These lawyers are appealing. The second trial takes place
before the Supreme Court. Care was taken to dismiss
impartial judges and a direct telephone line was set up between the
President of the Court and General Zia.
16:30 - 17:00 When Abouto, although he is a
lawyer himself, he is not allowed to open his mouth. The defense nevertheless obtained
the presence of foreign observers, who were also required to remain silent. I arrived in Raoult-Pindy with an extraordinarily heavy atmosphere. You were received with
very British courtesy. The members of the Supreme Court
spoke with Oxford accents. And at the same time, behind the very
respected forms, very much in the great
17:00 - 17:30 British tradition,
you perceived that it was purely and simply
the execution of a political order. It was a judicial assassination. So, there were
extremely competent Pakistani lawyers. And then, we were joined
most often by Benazir Bouto,
17:30 - 18:00 who was at that time very young
and whose features were ravaged, ravaged by anguish. A young woman of admirable character
like her father who smoked, I remember very well,
cigarette after cigarette, a state of passionate intensity of emotion
and extreme nervousness, but controlled. I always thought, when
I saw her like this, that Zia would then find
18:00 - 18:30 this young woman, this Antigone, on her path, and that between Zia and her, it
would be a fight that one could say was to the death. The Supreme Court, under Zia's thumb,
upheld the verdict on March 23, 1979. Gaddafi, the Cat of Iran,
Giscard d'Estaing, Faisal of Arabia, the whole world cried out
to Zia to demand clemency.
18:30 - 19:00 In London, the
Pakistani community is mobilizing. Murtaza and Shanawaz,
Buto's two sons, fight to prevent their father from being hanged. We have received so many requests
from foreign heads of state and heads of government that Wilpikar Ali's life should
be spared, and this death sentence should not be carried out. Do you know what Jaulhack told me?
19:00 - 19:30 He says: It is either Zulfikar Ali Buto's
neck or it is my neck. On April 4, 1979, at 2:00 a.m., Zulfikar Ali Buto was hanged in Rawal Pindy prison. Pakistan is in shock, as are Buto's two sons in London. I don't say much.
19:30 - 20:00 I came just to tell you
that was the person who tried to take me. And they've tried to break... My father, they've
tortured him for two years. They couldn't do that. They tried to ruin his political name,
and now they've killed him. Benazir saw her father in prison just before his execution. My father was very calm,
and he talked about family matters,
20:00 - 20:30 he talked about party matters,
and I kept seeing his face. They asked, at the end of the meeting, I
said that I'd like to hug my father goodbye. They wouldn't even open the cell doors. Benazir had her father's body buried in his native village. She has not finished suffering from
Zia's hatred for the Buttau clan.
20:30 - 21:00 Zia's Pakistan is
ostracized, but not for long. In December 1979,
the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and in the eyes of the Americans and their
cronies, Zia became an indispensable ally. Dollars are pouring in because Zia supports
the Afghan Mujahideen who are fighting for this so-called free world. Why are Begambutto
and his son in prison? In the first case, they are not in prison.
21:00 - 21:30 They are not in prison,
they are being diverted. Because Mr. Begambutto and Mr. Butto's daughter,
21:30 - 22:00 Baby, were nicknamed Pinky because of her very fair complexion. She will attend school with the nuns
in Karachi, then will be a student at Harvard, in California. She will complete her studies at Oxford. She will leave behind the memory of a young
girl, a great jumper, who, to enjoy her favorite ice cream,
jumped into her sports car for Jaune-Canarie.
22:00 - 22:30 Benazir moves seamlessly from her
golden youth to a world of violence and repression. She shows immense courage. Nothing will make her give in, neither blows
nor dungeons teeming with cockroaches. Six years in prison for Benazir,
four for her mother.
Their bodies are sick from bullying and deprivation. They need care. In 1984, they went into exile in London.
22:30 - 23:00 As soon as she got off the plane,
the West discovered a 30-year-old woman with an exhausted body
but an inflexible will. We have not left Pakistan. We have not come out as political
refugees or thought political asylum seekers. We are Pakistanis and
we'll go back to Pakistan. This is our homeland. That's where we live and that
's where we'll die. Fighting from within
is not the solution for Boutot's sons, Murtaza and Shanaouaz. Shortly after
their father's assassination, they left London
23:00 - 23:30 for Kabul,
where, with Soviet help, they launched a
not-so-effective armed struggle that was a mix of terrorism and romanticism. Their most notable feat,
the hijacking of a passenger plane during which a Pakistani air force
was shot down in cold blood. On July 18, 1985, Shahnawaz,
the youngest brother, was found poisoned to death in his apartment in Cannes. His Afghan wife was charged
23:30 - 24:00 by the French courts with failure to assist a person in danger. Some saw Zia's hand in it. Even today,
this death remains a mystery. Benazir and his mother had him
buried next to his father. After two years of exile, Benazir Boutot landed in Lahore on April 10, 1986.
24:00 - 24:30 As with her father nine years earlier,
a huge crowd greeted her with a triumph. Zia, still in power,
did not oppose his return, because he believes he has the country under his thumb. But does
not the fervor of these crowds revive old spawning grounds in him?
24:30 - 25:00 Benazir is
25:00 - 25:30 also a strategist and she knows full well that a single woman cannot
envisage a public career in Pakistan. The former Californian student
agrees to an arranged marriage. His name is Asif Sardari. His family runs cinemas in Karachi. This playboy has two passions:
playing polo and dancing in discotheques.
25:30 - 26:00 A year later,
their first child was born, a boy whom his parents
named Bilawal, the Incomparable. Thanks to his alliance with the
Islamist parties, General Zia is now confident that he has the country under control. He decrees the end of martial law. His calculation now is to beat
Benazir Boutou in free elections, but he will not have the opportunity.
26:00 - 26:30 On August 17, 1988, the plane carrying
Zia, his entire staff, and the United States ambassador
exploded in mid-air. The list of his enemies is so long
that even today his death remains a mystery. On the other hand, what is beyond doubt
is that the man who said he would only intervene for a few months to get the country out
of chaos, remained in power for a little over 11 years.
26:30 - 27:00 Truly free elections
take place on the scheduled date. On December 2, 1988, Nazir Buto became Prime Minister. She is 35 years old. A new era begins. The page of dictatorship
has truly been turned. For many Pakistanis, as for his
mother Nusrat and her husband Yassif.
27:00 - 27:30 . That I am a Muslim. That I am a Muslim. That I am But the president who
swore him in was for years a loyal servant of Zia. And
in the army, many generals are revolted at having to stand at
attention in front of the daughter of d'Olfi Khar Ali Buto.
27:30 - 28:00 So Benazir tries to
conciliate the military. She is trying to make a pact
with the Islamists. She wants to convince her people. But so many forces oppose her. Not to mention her husband. She appointed him minister,
but the whole country calls him Mr. 10%.
28:00 - 28:30 Because no contract is signed
without him having collected his tithe. Twenty months after taking the oath of office,
she was fired by the president for nepotism and corruption. Nawash Harif, a Punjabi businessman and
Zia protégé, replaces her. He
hates buttons and conducts an investigation that sends
Benazir's husband, Asif, to prison. But its management is not
any more honest.
28:30 - 29:00 He will in turn be dismissed
for corruption. He leaves the place to Benazir. She will be Prime
Minister again for three years. Her husband Asif went from a
rake in the can to a position as Minister of Investment overnight. In 1994, a journalist was investigating
a case involving Zardari. Benazir Boutot summoned him.
I am part of this deal. I said, OK, I will take care
of your innocent husband.
29:00 - 29:30 And that's how I started my investigation.
Mr. Zardari is innocent. He doesn't know it's a job. In fact, some of Zardari's friends are supposed to tell me about this deal. I told him: OK, I will give you
the memoir of your innocent son. And that's how I
began my investigation. Mr. Zardari is making a deal of submarines with some French.
29:30 - 30:00 So I wrote an article in Jung newspaper. And the
day my article was published in the newspaper, the same afternoon,
I was dismissed from my services. It was
also at this time that a British journalist met Benazir Boutot. Benazir has always
30:00 - 30:30 had a pro-American leaning. She knew how to find the words
to seduce Congress in Washington.
30:30 - 31:00 Some claimed to fear revenge, revenge against the murderers and the torturers. But, ladies and gentlemen,
democracy is the greatest revenge. In Washington DC, they made her into a figure who was not worshipped , but regarded as, Ah,
this is the only princess of democracy we
31:00 - 31:30 have in that part of the world, which, in my
opinion, was completely mendacious. All the things one would have liked her to do
: set up schools, work on human rights, repeal the blasphemy laws, all In 1994, the country was adrift.
31:30 - 32:00 Violence replaces politics
and Karachi looks like Beirut. It was in this end-of-reign atmosphere
that Benazir's brother decided to end his exile. After the guerrilla war led from Kabul,
Murtaza, at the invitation of Hafez al-Assad, settled in Syria. He lived there peacefully with his wife
Guinoa, his daughter Fatima and his young son Zulfikar.
32:00 - 32:30 At the end of 1993, he decided to return. His daughter Fatima was 12 years old. In
November 1993,
32:30 - 33:00 Murtaza was arrested on the tarmac
of Karachi airport because his past as a terrorist
against Zia was not pardoned. His mother, Nusrat,
his wife and his two children, visited him very often during
these months of imprisonment. Benazir, for her part, will never visit
her brother in this Karachi prison, where Murtaza struggles alone through the twists and turns of the legal proceedings.
33:00 - 33:30 In
Pakistan, evil is inherited
33:30 - 34:00 and many
party activists support Murtaza. On January 5, 1994, the
anniversary of his murdered father, while he was in prison,
the police fired on Murtaza's supporters who were chanting
his name like a slogan. Three dead. Balls also grazed his mother Nusrat
and the gate of the Historic Maison des Bouteaux was machine-gunned.
34:00 - 34:30 They
talk about democracy, but once they are seated,
when they've got their tanks and arms and bullets and guns,
then they become dictators. And what was the crime of these boys who
disappeared and were rescued? It's only because they
said the slogan: J. A.
Butto. Who is J.
A. Butto?
Butto is the president of France. J.
A. Murtza.
Who is Murtza?
34:30 - 35:00 The President of France. For this, they must be saved. Terrorists who committed acts of
rape, kidnapping, and debauchery. As her mother continued to support Murtaza, Benazir removed her from her position as
party chair.
35:00 - 35:30 There can be no reconciliation
if she gives me the memory of my president. No other. And she is not ready
to give me life. While he was still in Syria,
Murtaza's wife and daughter campaigned on his behalf and won him his
seat in the Sint-Genesius Provincial Assembly. As soon as he was released,
Murtaza founded a dissident party that was
35:30 - 36:00 clearly more left-leaning
than his sister's. These attacks on the government are
becoming increasingly violent. Twice, came to power on his sacrifice. It's absolutely directional. It has no direction. It seems to be in a state of drift. It is corrupt to the core.
36:00 - 36:30 Its only purpose seems to be to earn
money by hook or crook. I had recently mentioned that it is
worse than... It's not a government, it
is Ali Baba and Charlie's 40 Thiefs. This little brother of my son,
to whom I showed a lot of affection, whom I looked for when he was young. And when I searched for all his hotels and
all his things, they should then die and hit out at me.
36:30 - 37:00 It's something which is incomprehensible. I put them in slightly
different circumstances. She was the Prime Minister,
and he was in prison. And so, while Murtritzer,
who was clearly a rogue, he was... But he was a very good, good, good, good, good
37:00 - 37:30 Benazir supporters are spreading rumors
that Murtritzer is planning bomb attacks in Karachi and that
his party headquarters should be raided. Murtaza is furious. He calls a press conference. That if the legal comes with the guarantee,
it is not resistance.
37:30 - 38:00 They arrive with the legal guarantee. They arrive with the legal guarantee,
they do not put up any resistance. There is no resistance. There is
a protector. There is a protector.
There is no interference. My bag is ready for the plane.
I'll be back later. I'm going to get in the car. On the evening of September 20, Mourtazard
returned home from a meeting. When he was only 30 meters
from his home, the police stopped his car and riddled it with bullets. The seven occupants were killed instantly. Fatima Sarah and her mother
heard the shooting.
38:00 - 38:30 When they go out,
the street is swarming with police. They are told that there are bandits
in the area and are ordered to return. The hours pass,
they are mad with worry. Out of desperation, I called my aunt. I called the Minister of Labor
in Islam Abad, and the ADC came on the phone,
very angry: Do you agree?
Is everything okay? How is everything okay? I didn't know what he
was saying. I was 14 an hour.
38:30 - 39:00 I said to him: Can you
connect me to my sister? He didn't connect me to my sister,
he connected me to her husband, to Asif. He came on the phone and I
said to him: Could you please speak to my sister?
He said to me: No, you can't. I told him: It's an emergency. If possible, I would
just like to have a word with her. He said to me: No, she's
hysterical right now. There were tears in the middle. It looks very weird. I said to him: What do
you mean in America?
39:00 - 39:30 He says: Oh, don't you know?
Your father has been shot. Nusrath Buto had already buried
her husband and youngest son. Today she lost her eldest son. Mystery of the Buto Dynasty. Benazir mourned her murdered brother deeply
, but used her authority as prime minister to prevent any
investigation into the circumstances of his death.
39:30 - 40:00 Murtasam realizes very early on
that the marriage to Zerdari was a disaster, and Zerdari's aim,
ultimately, was to finish off the Butos. Murtasar Butos, murdered
outside the Burtos family home in Karachi, was carried out on the orders of someone
very high up in the government, and all the evidence points to Zerdari,
and his special men who did it.
40:00 - 40:30 So Fatima, on that, I think, when she accused Zardari, is right. In her second term,
Benazir took care to appoint a friend, Farouk Legari, to the post of president. But to the usual accusations
of corruption against her husband, there was now added that of murder. He revoked it.
40:30 - 41:00 As in his previous dismissal,
the leader of the opposing party, Naouhash Sharif,
became Prime Minister. He immediately ordered embassies
around the world to collect evidence of Benazir and Zardari's corruption. The charges are pouring in:
embezzlement of public funds, money laundering, commissions on arms contracts. Pakistani judges, but also English,
French and Swiss judges, all want to hear this couple who do
not seem to have clearly seen the line between
derivative property and state money.
41:00 - 41:30 Zardaree left his ministerial office
for a cell in Karachi prison. He will stay there for eight years. After the pomp of power,
it is prison visits that punctuate Benazir's life. The rest of the time, she pleads
her case before the Supreme Court. But where her father left his head,
she had to explain the millions of dollars embezzled.
41:30 - 42:00 Zardari manages to get himself appointed senator. As such, he can leave his cell
when the Senate is sitting, giving him the opportunity to speak out in the hemicycle of Parliament. Benazir is afraid of going
to prison too. She left Pakistan
in 1998 with her three children. A year later,
she was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison and a $8 million
fine.
42:00 - 42:30 She then knows that she is
not ready to return to the country. His exile lasted nine years, dividing
his time between London and Dubai. Small consolation,
she is still the party president. She directs it remotely. She does not forget her martyrs. At Arcana, in the fiefdom of the boutots,
Benazir has a concrete replica of the Taj Mahal built. Just above the grave of his father,
and his two murdered brothers.
42:30 - 43:00 In Islam Abad in 1999,
Pervez Musharraf, the chief of staff, overthrew the government of Nawaz Sharif. In the aftermath of the September 11,
2001 attacks, the president pledged allegiance to Washington. The United States decided
that it was essential
43:00 - 43:30 to get a civilian government back again so
that they had more legitimacy in Pakistan. Benazir was in and out
of the State Department. She was extremely worried. She said, But there are all these cases
of corruption against me and my husband. The Americans said to her,
When we have finished with you, you will be pure, white, clean. You walked Benazir
will be able to return to Pakistan.
43:30 - 44:00 She gives a little media
training lesson to her son Bilawal. It's never too early
to learn the trade. And then, she will soon have much less
time to devote to her heirs. The Americans forced
Musharraf to accept this agreement. He will remain president,
but Benazir will be his prime minister. On October 18, 2007,
44:00 - 44:30 she finally left Dubai. Listen !
Listen ! Listen ! I felt very emotional
coming back to my country. I dreamed of this day
so many months and years ago.
44:30 - 45:00 I counted the hours,
I counted the minutes and the seconds, just to see this earth,
the glass, the sky. I got so emotional. I felt so emotional. The party specially arranged a truck
for the people to see Benazir. The crowd is so dense that it will take 12
hours to cover the few kilometers. At midnight, exhausted,
Benazir climbed into the truck to put the finishing
touches to her speech.
45:00 - 45:30 This is what will save her. 150 dead, 600 injured. Bienazir miraculously escaped.
45:30 - 46:00 After
such a welcome, others besides Benazir Boutot would have
left their country forever. She, on the contrary,
threw all her forces into the election campaign for two months. We vote in two weeks and she has
every chance of becoming Prime Minister for the third time. His agreement with Moucharaf did not last. She openly calls him a dictator
because he declared a state of emergency. In retaliation,
he placed him under house arrest twice. Tomorrow, in Raoult de Pindy,
Islam Abad's twin town,
46:00 - 46:30 it will not be possible to play cards
in Al-Yakat Bagh, the public garden where so many meetings, the djalsas, have been held.
46:30 - 47:00 The djalsas went very well. Benazir, like her father,
made thousands of djalsas. Contact with his people was what
he missed most during his time on the islands. And
today, she does not intend to deprive herself of it, even though she is being warned from all sides
about the risks. Benazir Boutot died
47:00 - 47:30 on December 27, 2007. She was buried the next day in this mausoleum
that she had built herself. Amidst popular fervor and all the buttons gathered.
47:30 - 48:00 Politics, two days after
the burial, resumes its rights.
48:00 - 48:30 In his house,
Asif Zardari has just read Benazir's will to the party chief. She appointed her son Bilawal,
19, as party president. So that he can complete his
studies, her husband Asif will take over.
48:30 - 49:00 Like I said, answer This is an email that Benazir sent to an American friend, a few days before her death. She wrote: If I am killed,
Musharraf will be responsible.
49:00 - 49:30 The day after the attack,
President Moussa Raaf's spokesman gave the official version. It was the Taliban
who killed Benazir Boutou. It was the explosion of the bomb that
threw him against the sunroof lever. The
next day, images
49:30 - 50:00 from cell phones were discovered
that contradicted the official thesis. And there is the testimony
of the occupants of the car. The story of the woman who was his
secretary and friend for 24 years. All this happened
in front of everyone. When I took him away,
I said to him: Bibi, Bibi. Everyone was on the right. There was blood in the stomach.
50:00 - 50:30 He was unconscious. He didn't say a word,
he didn't say a word. He was unconscious. When he fell, he was dead.
He was unconscious. He was unconscious. 4 or 5 seconds,
that a bomb was devastated. This caused our
car to crash. We started chewing
to get her back to the hospital.
50:30 - 51:00 Ninety minutes after the attack,
authorities ordered firefighters to hose down the area. Many believed that the terrorists
could not have acted alone and all suspicion fell on the army. Musharraf denied any
responsibility, as at the time of the murder he was no longer the army chief. In November 2007, the Supreme Court forced him
to choose between the uniform and the presidency. He then handed over
the command to one of his close associates.
51:00 - 51:30 It was therefore the latter who had
control over the army's secret services, an impregnable fortress
in the state apparatus. But how can we imagine that this one
could let go of that one? Benazir Boutot's crime is
likely never to be solved. People get fed up with the military,
they get rid of the military.
51:30 - 52:00 Politicians come in. First, one group of
politicians, then another. They make money, they are
corrupt, nothing changes. The military comes back. Then the military does something stupid,
it becomes unpopular again. Then people look forward to
the politicians coming back. But this cycle, who will break this cycle?
52:00 - 52:30 At the age of 53, on September 9, 2008,
Asif Zardari became the 11th president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
under the emotional gaze of his three children, Baktawar, Bilawal and Asifa. Through the tears of his girlfriend Buto,
who saw her father, her two brothers and her sister die. I only swear. I ask for Zardari, do only swear. Zardari's government is based on nothing except
that he had a connection to Benazir. It is based on Benazir's blood.
52:30 - 53:00 It is based on family blood,
one of which is believed to be on Zardari's hands.
He is accused in my father's murder case. And he was acquitted in
the middle of the trial. Why is he still in power? Because some countries won't let them go.
53:00 - 53:30 Your Excellencies,
I come before you today in the name of my late wife, Shahid Maturma Benazir Bhutto. Just after his mother's burial and his appointment
53:30 - 54:00 as president of the family party,
Bilawal wisely returned to Oxford to continue his history studies. Like a movie star,
he has to walk in front of the paparazzi's lenses, because now he is
the custodian of that legendary name, Buto. These six letters make a difference
in Pakistani. People who don't have the lenage,
take it or take it first. I think there's something more to it. I think that is not one of the
qualifications of power in this country.
54:00 - 54:30 It is not about heritage, it is not about
your political ideas, it is not about your feelings
of values like democracy, like secularism, like
liberalism, like human rights. It has now been three years since the Prime Minister and the President were from the
Bouteaux Party and no real investigation into the death of Benazir Benazir
has yet begun.
54:30 - 55:00 Activists denounced him and were
expelled from the party. Throughout the year,
the faithful come to pay their respects at the graves in the
Buttau mausoleums, while at the highest levels of the state, it is believed that all that remains is to
forget and remain silent. Benazir's tragic death has erased these
past turpitudes from memories and hearts.
55:00 - 55:30 And the cynics have understood that the name
Boutot can still open the doors to power in Pakistan.