With Chapter 5, we move to the modern world and the transition to constitutional democracy. Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to be democratically elected to the office of prime minister in a Muslim-majority state. The Jamaat-e-Islami Party brought a suit against her based on the hadith that allegedly warns against women’s political leadership. The Lahore High Court threw out the suit for what it was: a politically motivated attack with little support from the public or grounding in religion. The daughter of a feudal dynasty from Sindh, Benazir was thrust onto Pakistan’s political landscape by the draw of destiny and has left an indelible mark on Pakistani political culture and history. Benazir Bhutto was elected prime minister twice and was poised to win a third term when she was assassinated. Ten years after her death, her lifelong mission to foster democracy in Pakistan has almost become ingrained in the fabric of Pakistan’s political structure, despite the powerful countercurrents of religious extremism and military interference. Her election upended Pakistani patriarchal power and hierarchies of privilege, age, and gender. The only way to stop her was to eliminate her, not through the ballot box but through violence.