| | In 1986 Benazir returned to Pakistan, and on 16 November 1988 the PPP won the majority of seats in the National Assembly. Bhutto was sworn in as [[Prime Minister]] of the coalition government on 2 December 1988, and became the youngest person and the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state. | | In 1986 Benazir returned to Pakistan, and on 16 November 1988 the PPP won the majority of seats in the National Assembly. Bhutto was sworn in as [[Prime Minister]] of the coalition government on 2 December 1988, and became the youngest person and the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state. |
| − | Echoing the charges laid against her father, Bhutto's government was dismissed in 1990 following unsubstantiated charges of corruption. [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his party, [[Pakistan Muslim League N]], superseded Benazir's PPP, although she was re-elected in 1993. In 1996, Benazir's husband was jailed for corruption and accused of murdering her brother, and the government was dissolved by then [[president]] [[Farooq Leghari]], with further corruption charges levelled against them. Benazir denied all corruption charges and argued that the investigations were purely politically motivated. She once more went into exile in Britain. | + | Echoing the charges laid against her father, Bhutto's government was dismissed in 1990 following unsubstantiated charges of corruption. [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his party, [[Pakistan Muslim League N]], superceded Benazir's PPP, although she was re-elected in 1993. In 1996, Benazir's husband was jailed for corruption and accused of murdering her brother, and the government was dissolved by then [[president]] [[Farooq Leghari]], with further corruption charges levelled against them. Benazir denied all corruption charges and argued that the investigations were purely politically motivated. She once more went into exile in Britain. |