Islamabad airport named after Benazir Bhutto
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed that the Islamabad International Airport be called as Benazir Bhutto International Airport and the official sign to that effect be installed before August 14, 2008.
“From now onwards all flights to and from Islamabad International Airport will be announced as flights to and from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad,” it was officially announced here on Monday.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=51830
** What a shame. The Islamabad airport is being named after arguably the most corrupt prime minister in our history. What did Benazir do for Pakistan except fill her Swiss accounts? And when she was assassinated, it was while she was campaigning to come back into power after a power sharing deal brokered by the US; I am sorry but that doesnt exactly make her a "Shaheed". If she really did have a contribution, then it would be more appropriate that someone other than her own party acknowledged it and named it after her. Also, I should tell you that a road in Pindi, and, something else too I cant remember, were also named after her recently.
I just hope the new Islamabad airport, which is going due for complettion in 2 years time, is not named after her. Who knows, maybe that will be named Nawaz Sharif International...