“No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the Prime Minister, its my right to be fat if I want to.”

— Benazir Bhutto

When asked by a journalist if she was pregnant again, as quoted in "Benazir, the steely and vulnerable" by Lyse Doucet in BBC News (29 December 2007) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7163697.stm

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11th Prime Minister of Pakistan 1953–2007

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