As first lady from 1973 to 1977,[REF] Nusrat Bhutto functioned as a political worker and accompanied her husband on a number of overseas visits.
In 1982, ill with cancer, she was given permission to leave the country by the military government of Genera Zia-ul-Haq for medical treatment in London at which point her daughter, Benazir Bhutto, became acting leader of the party, and, by 1984, the party chairman [REF].