Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Posthumous award for Benazir Bhutto


via CAAI

Monday, December 13, 2010

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was posthumously awarded ‘Service to Humanity’ award at a ceremony by the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the last week.

Ex-senator Akbar Khwaja, who attended the ceremony as envoy of PPP Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari, collected the award from Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Other Asian leaders, who were given the awards, included Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, former president of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri and Philippines ex-president Fidel Ramos.

Leaders of nearly one hundred political parties from Asian and Pacific countries attended the ceremony.

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