Shahzad Memon
The 95th birthday of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is being celebrated today, who hold an important place in the country’s history due to his unique style, political tact and thought-provoking conversations. Thanks to the wise thinking and excellent leadership of Quaid Awam Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan not only got an excellent recognition at the global level but also the world of Islam was united on one platform for the first time.Pakistan People’s Party is a sapling planted by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto which has grown into a tree and today we see it as a dynamic and important political party in all aspects of the national politics of the country.
The 95th birthday of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the founding chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, is being celebrated across the country today who became the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and then the country’s prime minister from 1973 to 1977.
In the general elections of 1976, his party faced the coalition of nine political and religious parties in the Pakistan National Alliance, which included all the major parties of the time, who were ousted in elections by candidates contestimg on PPP tickets. Refused to recognize the success of Zulqar Ali Bhutto and announced a protest movement against him.
Meanwhile, the country was in turmoil and on July 5, 1977, General Zia-ul-Haq staged a coup and ended Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government and arrested him.The army named its operation as Operation Fair Play, including taking over the administration of the country, and the truth is that there was nothing fair in this operation.
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was murdered under the guise of a court decision. What was the threat to Zia-ul-Haq from the first elected Prime Minister of the country? Was the popularity of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the only reason why he was killed by imposing martial law or were there other motives behind it? But behind the scenes there are many motivations and forces that played a key role in the assassination of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the imposition of martial law in the country.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto also ruled the politics of Pakistan and there was no one greater politician than him. He was also the founder and chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, the country’s largest political party, the first elected ruler of Pakistan and the only popular leader in the history of Pakistan.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto also ruled the politics of Pakistan and there was no one greater politician than him. He was also the founder and chairman of Pakistan People’s Party, the country’s largest political party, the first elected ruler of Pakistan and the only popular leader in the history of Pakistan.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s personality had a magic spell on the people of Pakistan and after half a century, politics is still either pro Bhutto or anti Bhutto. This is the reason why Bhutto’s grandson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is also trying the same alchemy. In the history of the world, there is hardly any other example of a talismanic personality with such unfailing fame and popularity like Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was arrested for the first time on September 3, 1977, but was granted bail after ten days. On September 17, 1977, he was arrested again and a case was made against him for the murder of the father of a man named Ahmad Raza Kasuri. Bhutto had boycotted the proceedings of this case due to open bias, personal insults and insulting behavior of Chief Justice Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain, but on March 18, 1978, the Lahore High Court in a unilateral action pronounced the death sentence to Bhutto. On February 1979, the Supreme Court upheld the decision by a majority of three to four.
On March 24, 1979, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the revision appeal. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto did not appeal for mercy but there were appeals from all over the world. Turkey even offered political asylum but Bhutto did not want to leavw his motherland, he gave his life but did not leave Pakistan.
The killers of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto must have been wondering that he is still alive even after death, so whose dead body is buried in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh because the strong voice of the martyr Bhutto whom the killers wanted to erase from the politics of Pakistan is still echoing today. And for the anti-Bhutto forces, this voice is no less than a nightmare. If the workers of the country still consider anyone as their leader, it is Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. All efforts to erase the Pakistan People’s Party from history have failed because it It is the firm belief of the laborers of the country that Bhutto’s heirs are their custodians.
