Piss poor, while she lives lavishly.
The corruption charges must be true!
"Bhutto Readies Homecoming Amid Security Fears" by CARLOTTA GALL
LARKANA, Pakistan, Oct. 25— The cotton and rice farmers of former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto’s home district of Larkana live in mud-brick homes, often with no electricity or television. Barefoot children herd goats and water buffalo through scrub land, and women dry cow dung on the walls of their homes to use for cooking fuel.
Larkana is not only poor, but also one of the most lawless districts of the southern province of Sindh, where people complain of the corrupt police and of armed robbers roaming in the untracked countryside. Violence and criminality is worse in Larkana than elsewhere in the province.
Comes with the corruption!
Mazhar Ali Sheik, the chief of police, who was transferred from another part of Sindh, the big city of Hyderabad, just two weeks ago to oversee security for Bhutto's return:
“There is kidnapping, vehicle theft, tribal feuds, and murders. Since historical times, this kind of crime has been dominating this area.”
But he said that sectarian or jihadist groups did not have a foothold here and that the local people and the police would spot outsiders quickly.
Ms. Bhutto, whose family has been the feudal lords of some 12,000 acres of farmland here for decades, the district of Larkana, and her own village, Naudero, should be the safest place, both physically and politically. The town and surrounding villages are overwhelmingly loyal to the memory of her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party, and to her, his eldest born and political successor. The feudal system is so strong in rural areas of Pakistan that the people’s allegiance to their landlords converts into unstinting loyalty at the polls.
There is one voice of opposition, though, that will irritate Ms. Bhutto. It is that of her own sister-in-law, Ghinwa Bhutto, who is the Lebanese widow of her second brother, Murtaza, and who arrived in Larkana ahead of Ms. Bhutto this week.
The two women have been bitter rivals since Murtaza was gunned down by police officers yards from his home in Karachi in 1996, during Ms. Bhutto’s second term as prime minister. His widow holds Ms. Bhutto responsible for his death and now leads a rival faction of the Pakistan Peoples Party in the name of her dead husband.
So sacrificing supporters for political power is NOTHING NEW to Bhutto!!!
CUI BONO, readers?
Ghinwa Bhutto said in an interview here that she intended to run in the parliamentary elections set for January, in an adjacent constituency to Ms. Bhutto’s. Although her following remains small compared to that of the former prime minister, her presence will be a thorn in Ms. Bhutto’s side, and possibly a security concern. Murtaza Bhutto’s supporters denied there would be trouble from their side.
But they are a good group for Mushy to finger if something does happen!
Would discredit the PPP, and CUI BONO?
The poverty of the rural population is evident. People complain of inflation, unemployment and lawlessness.
Mushtaq Ahmed, 30, a rickshaw driver, said he barely made $2 a day:
"We hear a lot of money is coming from the West, but the contractors get away with everything.”
WTF?!? Those guys are EVERYWHERE, aren't they?!?!
