When we observe the politics of Pakistan, we find that Benazir Bhutto is a trustworthy leader of Pakistani Public. People from all over country love her and even obey her. She has always done best for Pakistan and the general public. She is fighting for basic human rights of the public and is busy to set up a civil society for the Pakistani people.

The present regime wants to see the end of Ms Bhutto's politics but they don't know that the Pakistan People's Party will not over because Pakistan's common man is with the Pakistan Peoples Party [PPP].

Here we write the achievements of Ms Benazir Bhutto which she achieved during her government of 1988-90

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Land Reforms	h

Distributed 35000 acres of land among the landless peasants. Each farmer was given 12.5 acres of land. The landlords challenged the land reforms in Supreme Court and because of court intervention the land reforms were temporarily halted. More than five hundred political workers, who were economically destroyed by the Zia regime because of their struggle for democracy, were given small residential plots on official rates.

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Housing	h

Arrangements were made to build 2000 two-room small houses for homeless in every big city. One thousand small houses were built in Karachi and handed over to homeless at a price of 30,000 each payable in small easy instalments.

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Labour Reforms	h

Bans were immediately lifted on trade union activities.
Forty thousands industrial workers previously sacked were reinstated.
Labour wages were increased twice.
Labours were awarded share in the income of their enterprise.
Decisions were taken to build labour colonies in every industrial city.
Labourers were given the right of pensions after retirement.

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Health	h

It was decided to establish government dispensaries in every Union Council.
Admission and bed fees forced upon during Zia’s regime were abolished.

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Education	h

For the very first time in the history of Pakistan, in the budget of 1989-90 the amount allocated for education was increased.
The education budget was again increased in 1990-91.
Fifty thousand new teachers were employed.
Education was made compulsory up to 8th class.
Importance was given to technical and scientific education.

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Youth Policy	h

Ban on students unions was lifted immediately, so that the youth could get training and develop discipline and achieve organisational expertise during their college years.
To address the problems of youth a separate ministry for youth affairs was established.
80 thousands new literacy centres were set up throughout the country.

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Women's Affairs	h

Ten thousands young people were given loans of 50 thousand each to start their own businesses.
For the very first time, a separate Ministry for Women's Affairs was established to solve their problems.
Women's Bank was established.
Women were given loan facilities to start their own businesses.
Computer centres for women were started in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

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Water & Power	h

Electricity was supplied to 4 thousand villages in twenty months, which is a record.
Electricity was supplied to more than 12 lac houses.
Private sector was encouraged and 1 billion $ investment from private sector was arranged for electric generation.
The Ghazi Brotha and Neelam Jhelum projects (1 thousand Mega Watts) were initiated.
To overcome the energy problem an agreement was signed with China for the supply of a 300 MW nuclear Power Plant.

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Communication & Production	h

A Satellite Station was built connecting Skardu, Gilgit and Gawadur with  Islamabad.
Microwave channel was built to connect Karachi and Peshawar.
600 new post offices were opened.
Port Qasim was extended.
Pakistan Steel Mills was extended and its productivity increased.
Employment of 5000 workers were secured by restarting Baluchistan Textile Mills.
Millat Tractors was extended and its productivity increased from 12000 tractors per year to 18000 tractors per year.
A new plant of Suzuki Cars was constructed.
The lines for 1,50,000 new telephone connections were placed.
18 cities were connected via direct dialling system.

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Oil & Gas	h

30% increase in production of oil and gas.
Work started to build a refinery.

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Industry	h

Rupees 3.88 billion petrochemical project started.
An assembly plant of Toyota Hi Ace, Jeeps and Cars was started.
Loan facilities were extended for establishing small industrial units.
Limits for investment without government approval, was increased.

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Defence	h

Two Frigates were handed over to Pakistan Navy.
Pakistan started indigenous aircraft production.
New sophisticated radar system started operation.
Acquired sixty F-16 Planes.

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Freedom of Press & Expression	h

Press laws aimed at censorship lifted.
Journalists terminated from service during Martial Law regime were reinstated.
No objection certificate for journalists to travel abroad was abolished.
Employees of Radio and Television were reinstated.

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Religious Services	h

An international Secret Conference was held.
The numbers of Pilgrims were increased in 1989. The new Haj Policy was adopted and over 1 lacs people were sent to perform Haj in 1990.
2 Secret Conferences were held.
Haj flights were initiated from Lahore and Islamabad.

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Miscellaneous	h

Conference of the Heads of States of SAARC was held in Islamabad.
China announced to extend an interest free loan of 5 crore dollars.
Pakistan rejoined the Commonwealth.
Relations with India normalised and an agreement of no attack on nuclear installations was signed.
Russia approved 1 billion dollars for the extension of Karachi Steel Mills.
A separate ministry was established for eradication of drug smuggling.
Big drug traffickers were arrested and put behind bars.
South Asian Games were successfully held.

Here we write the achievements of Ms Benazir Bhutto which she achieved during her government of 1993- 96

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Development	h

Built 21,000 primary schools.
Provided 700,000 new telephone connections.
Electricity to 18,000 villages.
Airport at Sehwan Sharif.
Airport at Gawadur.
Work on Ketti Bandar Port started.
Construction of Akra Dam providing safe drinking water to the coastal regions of Mehran.

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Foreign Policy	h

For the first time the OIC summit at Casablanca adopted a unanimous resolution asking for a solution of Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions.
Adoption of Brown Amendment which partially released the military equipment and hardware stuck up in the U.S since long due to Pressler Law.

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Law & Order	h

Peace in Karachi. A near end to terrorism acknowledged by friends and foes alike.

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Defence	h

Agosta submarines for the Pakistan Navy.
Tanks for the Army.
Missile capability developed which was to be announced as the Golden Jubilee gift to the Nation on August 14,1997.

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Energy	h

An end to the load shedding by enlisting the private sector in power development sector through a uniform policy of tariffs and concessions hailed by the World Bank as a model for the developing countries.
Completion of the first private sector power plant, HUBCO.
Our 11000 kilometres of gas transmission line completed to provide gas to 240 new  towns and villages.
Oil and gas exploration stepped up. As a result four new oil and gas wells discovered.

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Communication	h

Laying of the optic fibre along with right bank of Indus.
Introduced cellular telephones, digital pager, satellite dish and FM Radio.

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Social Sector	h

Countrywide Polio Vaccination Programme-Nearly 100 percent children under the age of five were vaccinated against Polio in three years.
A large number of Computer Centres opened - Special centres for women
Recruitment of 33,000 Lady Health Visitors to reduce infant mortality.

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Legislation/Northern Areas	h

Electoral reforms bill adopted for the first time.
For the first time people of Northern Areas given the right to vote.
Women Development
First time Women Police Stations were set up, Women's Bank opened and Women Judges appointed in superior judiciary.

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Media	h

Complete press freedom.
Sixth Wage Board award announced for the newspaper workers. The award was also implemented in the APP.

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Finance	h

For the first time since independence, Cabinet members were forbidden to take loans from Pakistani Banks.
State Bank of Pakistan made an autonomous organisation.
For the first time one billion dollars of debt retired.
From a dismal growth rate of 2.3% in 1992-93 which it inherited, the PPP government raised the economic growth to 5.2% in 1995-96. The growth rate plunged to 3. I % in 1996-97 after the removal of PPP government, a figure further lowered to 1.3% in the budget.
Fiscal deficit in the last year of PPP government i.e.1995-96 brought down to 5%, from 8% of GDP which it had inherited.
Tax revenue which were only 7.2% of GDP in 92-93 was raised to 14. I % of GDP in 1995-96. Last year the tax to GDP ratio again fell to 10.2%.
Due to investment-oriented policies, more than 3 billion dollars of direct foreign investment flowed into the country. As against this the present government has scared away foreign investment through its mishandling of the IPP issue and freeze on foreign currency accounts.
A day before the PPP government was dismissal, the stock index was at 1500 points.

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Welfare	h

Haj flights from Multan and Sukkur.
Tens of thousands of jobs provided to the educated but unemployed youth in government departments, banks, corporations and autonomous bodies.

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Anti Narcotics	h

Effective anti-narcotics measures and legislation adopted for the first time.
Half a dozen major drug barons extradited.
Death penalty and confiscation of property provided in the law for drug pushers.

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