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Release: March 29, 1995
Contact: Patricia Coen (609/258-5764)


Prime Minister Bhutto to Speak at Princeton


Princeton, N.J.--Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will
discuss ``Pakistan's Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era'' at
Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs on Saturday, April 8, at 4:00 in Room 10,
McCosh Hall.

Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to head a Muslim state, holds a
B.A. from Harvard University (1973) and studied philosophy,
political science, and economics at Oxford (B.A., 1977). She is
the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the founder of the Pakistan
People's Party (PPP). The elder Bhutto was a former president,
and later prime minister, of Pakistan.

After her father's execution in 1979 during the rule of military
dictator Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq, Bhutto became the head of the PPP
and was subject to frequent house arrest between 1979 and 1984.
She was exiled in 1984 and returned to Pakistan in 1986, when
martial law was lifted. During the 1988 elections, PPP won the
largest bloc of seats in the National Assembly, and Bhutto was
named prime minister.

Prime Minister Bhutto has been trying to overcome the legacy of
the past. Her economic policies have improved the country's
balance of payments, reduced its budget deficit, and promoted
international investment, but numerous problems, such as ethnic
and sectarian violence inherited from previous regimes, continue.
She will be meeting with President Clinton during her visit to the
United States to discuss bilateral and international issues of
interest to Pakistan and to the U.S.

Bhutto's talk is being sponsored by the University's Institute for
the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North
Africa, and Central Asia Lecture.


Note: Media representatives who wish to cover the Prime Minister's
speech are asked to call Patricia Coen at (609) 258-5764 by
Thursday, April 6, to make arrangements.

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