Cika wannan magana: A 1971, yayin da take a Harvard, Zulfikar ya gayyace ta ta kasance tare da shi a Birnin New York, inda ya shiga cikin taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a wannan shekara
Yaƙin Indo-Pakistan. A watan Disamba na 1971, Zulfikar ya zama shugaban kasar Pakistan, shugaban farko da aka zaba ta hanyar dimokiradiyya bayan shekaru 13 na mulkin soja. A shekara ta 1972, Benazir ta raka mahaifinta zuwa taron kolin Indiya da Pakistan a Simla a matsayin maye gurbin mahaifiyarta, wacce ba ta da lafiya. A can, an gabatar da ita ga Firayim Ministan Indiya Indira Gandhi. Duk da yake a Simla, ta jawo hankalin da yawa daga gida da kuma na kasa Indian latsa, a karo na farko da ta samu irin wannan sanarwa. Ta danganta wannan ga gaskiyar cewa "a cikin kalmominta" ta "alama ce ta sabon ƙarni. Ban taɓa zama ɗan Indiya ba. An haife ni ne a Pakistan mai zaman kanta. Na 'yanta daga rikice-rikice da nuna bambanci wanda ya raba Indiyawa da Pakistan a cikin mummunan rauni na rabuwa. " A cikin 1974, an tashi ta zuwa Lahore don rakiyar mahaifinta a taron kolin Kungiyar Hadin Kan Musulunci. A nan, ta sadu da wasu manyan shugabannin musulmi na duniya, wadanda suka hada da Libya Muammar Gaddafi, Masar Anwar Sadat, Syria Hafez al-Assad, Saudi Arabia Faisal, da Jordan Hussein.