It passes through Rawalpindi's downtown area, and has been a hotspot for various political and social events.

It was originally named Raza Shah Pehlavi Road in the 1960s,[1] after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, who was the first head of state to visit Pakistan.

On 20 May 2008, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani announced that the federal government had decided to rename the road after Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated at the nearby Liaqat National Bagh on 27 December 2007.

Liaquat National Bagh, famous place for political gatherings as well as being the site of the assassinations of two former prime ministers and bystanders, is also located along the Murree Road.

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