New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has praised former chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Pakistan's first female Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, for her political ideology of strengthening democracy, saying that history has never denied two things about her. Can't
Addressing the graduates at Harvard University, Jacquard Arden mentioned the former Pakistani Prime Minister and shared the memories of her meeting with her.
During her 27-minute speech, Jacinda Ardern spoke on the political turmoil around the world and on social issues and gender equality, including restrictions and bans on democracies, as well as Benazir Bhutto's political ideology.
At the beginning of her speech, Jacinda Ardern also spoke in her native language to pay tribute to the ancient tribes of New Zealand.
She later mentioned Benazir Bhutto, saying that before her, Pakistan's first elected female Prime Minister had also addressed the same Harvard University festival in 1989, during which she spoke on issues facing democracies.
"Even today, democracies around the world are under pressure and we must not forget that democracies can be weakened, they can be abolished," she said.
She further added that she had met Benazir Bhutto in 2007 and was assassinated seven months after the meeting.
She said that she had talked to Pakistan's first elected female Prime Minister on various political issues but unfortunately she was killed.
Referring to Benazir Bhutto, Jacinda Ardern said that no matter what happens, history can never deny two things about her. The mindset that assassinated shaheed Benazir Bhutto must know their mission failed. You assassinated a women, a mother, a leader. You canot assassinate her vision, her ideology or memory. She continues to inspire & guide us from her grave. Benazir Bhutto lives. 🙏 @jacindaardern https://t.co/vyTui7csvC
she said that on the one hand history cannot forget that Benazir Bhutto was the first elected Muslim woman Prime Minister of Muslim countries and on the other hand she gave birth to the first child in the world while she was the Prime Minister.
She further said that Benazir Bhutto should become the Prime Minister of a country where women are rarely involved in politics.
Jacinda Ardern said that 30 years after Benazir's birth as Prime Minister, she became the second woman in the world to give birth.
She said that the better thing is that the day on which his daughter was born on June 21, the same day is also the birthday of Benazir Bhutto. watched @jacindaardern’s harvard commencement address today which included a lengthy shoutout to benazir bhutto (whom she met in 2007), & while acknowledging different perspectives on her political legacies, crediting her for carving a path for women & mothers in intl politics pic.twitter.com/f6xl5xdxml
After the New Zealand Prime Minister praised Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People's Party tweeted her praise, which was also retweeted by Foreign Minister and Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal Bhutto.
Bilawal Bhutto also thanked Jacinda Ardern for praising her mother and at the same time wrote that Benazir could be killed but her vision could not be destroyed.
Apart from him, other personalities and social figures also praised the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
