In the aftermath of the Bhutto assasination, the Hindustan Times runs this article on her relationships with leaders in India, noting:

Leader of the Opposition LK Advani expressed a sense of personal loss and grief at PPP leader Benazir Bhutto’s assassination since she enjoyed close ties with his family and had common interests, besides their common Sindhi background.

In 2003, Benazir enjoyed a typical two-hour Sindhi lunch at Advani’s residence. He was then the deputy prime minister. The two leaders used to exchange books. In 2002, she sent a book by Robert D Kaplan as a gift, writing a note saying she thought of him when she saw the book. In June 2005, Advani lunched at the residence of Hakim Ali Zardari, Benazir’s father-in-law, in Karachi’s Old Clifton.

I have a feeling that Kaplan, who has written scathingly honest reports about the potential for anarchy in Pakistan’s future and who had few kind words for Bhutto, will be writing something on the Bhutto assasination shortly in either the Atlantic or the WSJ. We’ll of course post that with comments when we see it.

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