A grim twist of fate saw Pakistani doctor Mussadiq Khan struggling to save the life of a Pakistani leader struck down by an assassin, just as Khan’s father had done 56 years ago. Khan battled in vain to save the life of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto when she was brought to his hospital in Rawlapindi on Thursday. Khan’s doctor father, Sadiq Khan, was on duty at his Rawalpindi hospital in October 1951 when Pakistan’s first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, was brought in after he was gunned down at a rally in the same park where Bhutto was attacked. Liaquat Ali Khan was also killed and the park was later named Liaquat Bagh after him. “It’s God’s will,” Khan told Reuters when asked about the coincidence of father and son attending to two Pakistani leaders attacked in the same place. Khan said Bhutto was almost dead when she was brought in.“She was not breathing. She had no blood pressure, no heartbeat. We did a full resuscitation. We worked hard but unfortunately we could not revive her.”