Former prime minister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was posthumously awarded the Service to Humanity Award by International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last week.
The special medal was received by former Senator Akbar Khwaja who attended the ceremony as envoy of the PPP co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari to receive the posthumous award.
The awards were given by the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a special ceremony. Besides Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, some other Asian leaders including Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar, former President of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri, and former President of Philippines Fidel Ramos were also given awards. The ceremony was attended by leaders of nearly one hundred political parties of Asia and Pacific countries.