The family has experienced many untimely deaths , drawing comparisons to the Kennedy curse : Zulfikar was convicted and executed in 1979 ; Shahnawaz died in France in 1983 ; Murtaza was killed in a police encounter during his sister 's government in 1996 ; and Benazir was assassinated in 2007
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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
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