Pakistan, Dec. 20 -- On the 2 nd December 1988, the stage was set in the grand and sprawling presidency in Islamabad for the swearing-in of a young, intelligent and a beautiful lady as the Prime Minister of Pakistan after the oppressive Martial Law of 11 years. The history of this nation was being rewritten. The designated Prime Minister was hardly 35 years and was taking over as the first elected leader of a conservative Muslim country. The ceremony illustratively represented a triumph over suppression, a victory over sufferings and a vindication of constitutionalism over dictatorship. The presidency reverberated from time to time with thunderous slogans of political activists who had toiled in sweat and blood for this day.

This iconic ...