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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto NPk HPk was a Pakistani barrister, and statesman who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973, and as the ninth prime minister of Pakistan from 1973 until his overthrow in 1977. He was the founder and first chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) from 1967 until his execution in 1979.
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politics · 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979) · politician · diplomat · lawyer · also Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Bhutto
Born 5 January 1928 · Died 4 April 1979 · Q131355
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s body was flown to his home village in the Sind province and buried in the family plot. His wife and his daughter were not permitted to attend the funeral. Another four men convicted with Mr Bhutto of murder remain in prison. Mr Bhutto, a member of a rich and influential family, was known as an autocratic leader but was respected internationally. His death looks set to lead to Pakistan
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“s body was flown to his home village in the Sind province and buried in the family plot. His wife and his daughter were not permitted to attend the funeral. Another four men convicted with Mr Bhutto of murder remain in prison. Mr Bhutto, a member of a rich and influential family, was known as an autocratic leader but was respected internationally. His death looks set to lead to Pakistan”
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| Associated Press Of Pakistan: Dr. Khan J Harijan appointed as Pro Vice Chancellor of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Khairpur Mir’s Campus
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Dawn: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s visionary leadership praised
Daily Times: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Remember Me When I Am Dead launched at PIIA
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Bhutto's decision was posthumously vindicated when PAEC conducted a cold test near Kirana Hills, evidently made from non-fissioned plutonium
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Died 1979-04-04.
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His trial — widely described, both in Pakistan and internationally, as a 'judicial murder' — was later declared 'unfair' by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a mea culpa, following which he was posthumously awarded the Ni
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“Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most non-allied.”
The PAEC's Theoretical Physics Group had completed the design of the first fission weapon, and KRL scientists succeeded in electromagnetic isotope separation of Uranium fissile isotopes
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Interior (1977–1977).
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“s election, Bhutto lost the connections to the United States administration that he had enjoyed during Nixon”
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Bhutto established the Engineering Council, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Pakistan Academy of Letters, and Cadet College Razmak in North Waziristan
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The Bhutto government established the Federal Flood Commission (FFC), tasked with preparing national flood protection plans, flood forecasting, and research to harness floodwater
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Ties were further strained as Bhutto had continued to administer the research on weapons, and in 1976, in a meeting with Bhutto and Kissinger, Kissinger had told Bhutto, "that if you [Bhutto] do not cancel, modify, or po
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Declared in his inaugural speech his intent to pursue a nuclear weapons ban
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Bhutto acknowledged the challenges and shortcomings faced by college students in many existing hostels
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India carried out a nuclear test, codenamed Smiling Buddha, near Pakistan's eastern border
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Bhutto and his Foreign Minister Aziz Ahmed brought a U
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Bhutto initiated a more aggressive diplomatic offensive on the United States and the Western world over nuclear issues
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Pressured by other Muslim nations, Pakistan eventually recognised Bangladesh as Mujib stated he would only go to the OIC conference in Lahore if Pakistan recognised Bangladesh
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Bhutto maintained that foreign companies and industries in Pakistan were exempt from nationalisation policies, and his government would welcome foreign investment to establish factories
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And publicly supported Pakistan's non-nuclear weapon policy and pledged to build several new nuclear power plants
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With Abdus Salam's assistance, Bhutto authorised the International Nathiagali Summer College on Contemporary Physics (INSC) at Nathiagali
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Along with founding Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan in 1973
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Bhutto hosted the second Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in 1974 where he delegated and invited leaders from the Muslim world to Lahore, Punjab Province of Pakistan
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Bhutto, as prime minister, visited the Soviet Union
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While hosting the historic Islamic Summit in Lahore — attended by leaders from 37 Muslim countries — marking the largest gathering of top Muslim leaders in modern history
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With the largest confrontation taking place in September 1974
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Iraq provided the Balochs with conventional arms, and it opened an office for the Baluchistan Liberation Front (BLF) in Baghdad
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Dismissed Ataullah Mengal's government and imposed 'governor's rule', appointing Akbar Bugti as governor and ordering a military operation to suppress insurgency in the province
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With the approval of 97 percent of the parliament — bringing an end to emergency rule and restoring parliamentary democracy across the country, with Bhutto assuming office as prime minister
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“activity of the public sector or state sector prevents the concentration of economic power in a few hands and protects small and medium entrepreneurs from the clutches of giant enterprises and vested interests.”
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977).
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During the Yom Kippur War, Pakistan's relations with the Arab world represented a watershed
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Which also had a negative impact on the economy
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Bhutto told a group of investors from the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) that "activity of the public sector or state sector prevents the concentration of economic power in a few hands and protects small
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Career landmark: Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1972–1972).
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The government initially provided old age benefits through group insurance, enhanced compensation rates, and gratuity
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Involved the nationalisation of basic industries such as steel, chemical, and cement
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (1971–1977).
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Career landmark: President of Pakistan (1971–1973).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Defence (1971–1977).
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Interior (1971–1972).
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Bhutto advised Japan not to be a party to NPT, but Japan signed it but later regretted not being properly progressed
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Wrote:If Pakistan restricts or suspends her nuclear deterrence, it would not only enable India to blackmail Pakistan with her nuclear advantage but would impose a crippling limitation on the development of Pakistan's sci
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“Pakistan will fight, fight for a thousand years. If India builds the (atom) bomb, Pakistan will eat grass or leaves, even go hungry, but we (Pakistan) will get one of our own (atom bomb).... We (Pakistan) have no other choice!”
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To set up the Institute of Theoretical Physics
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Focusing on a left-wing and socialist agenda, and contested the 1970 general election, arising as the largest political party in Western Pakistan with a landslide victory in Punjab and Sindh
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Bhutto received information from his friend Munir Ahmad Khan about the status of India's nuclear program
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“Even if we have to eat grass, we will make a nuclear bomb. We have no other choice,”
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Bhutto advocated for Salam, successfully appointing him as the head of Pakistan's delegation at the IAEA, and assisted Salam in lobbying for nuclear power plants
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The Soviet Union and its satellite states broke off relations with Beijing over ideological differences, with only Albania and Pakistan supporting the People's Republic of China
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Advocating for Operation Gibraltar in Kashmir, leading to the 1965 war with India
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His socialist stance led to a close relationship with neighboring China, challenging the prevailing acceptance of Taiwan as the legitimate government of China when two governments each claimed to be "China"
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Career landmark: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs (1963–1966).
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As territorial differences escalated between India and China, Beijing considered staging an invasion in northern Indian territories
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Establishing diplomatic relations and fostering mutual cooperation, reaching out to the Polish community in Pakistan
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Which agreed to provide economic and technical aid to Pakistan
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And was not part of the negotiating team
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As Minister for Fuel, Power, and National Resources, Bhutto played a key role in setting up the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) administrative research bodies and institutes
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And lobbied for Abdus Salam to be appointed as Science Adviser in 1960
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Bhutto became the youngest member of Pakistan's delegation to the United Nations
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And he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1953
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As a junior, Bhutto transferred to the University of California, Berkeley from the University of Southern California, where he earned a B
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Were transformed and replaced with a socialist system throughout the 1970s
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Bhutto was admitted to the University of Southern California to study political science
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His marriage was arranged with Shireen Amir Begum
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Born 1928-01-05.
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And the second, Imdad Ali, died of cirrhosis at age 39 in 1953
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