Abstract
Benazir Bhutto the first female prime minister of Pakistan was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 21, 1953. She played very important role in the surviving years of Pakistan people party when party was under the struggling under the strict martial law of General Zia Ul Haq. After the death of Zulfiqar ali Bhutto Pakistan people’s party future was uncertain but this uncertainty was turned into bright future for the party under the leadership of Benazir Bhutto the daughter of founding father of Pakistan people’s party. In 2007 once again clouds of uncertainty was hindering around the party when Benazir Bhutto was killed in terrorist attack. She was bold leader of the nation who just after the end of martial law win the elections and in 1988 and was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Pakistan. At the age of thirty-five, Benazir Bhutto became the first woman and the youngest person ever to head the government of any Muslim nation. Benazir Bhutto came in politics mainly due to her lineage that was, her family’s position and political power. Pakistan people’s party managed to survive after the death of its founding father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto because there was his political heir Benazir Bhutto. How Pakistan people’s party managed to survive after the death of Benazir Bhutto when there was no leader of such caliber to replace Benazir Bhutto in the party. How the party was managed to survive and won the elections of 2008 and what kind of political challenges emerged for the party are discussed in this study.