{"id":22088,"date":"2024-01-05T13:27:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T08:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=22088"},"modified":"2024-01-05T13:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T08:27:33","slug":"zulfikar-ali-bhuttos-96th-birth-anniversary-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/zulfikar-ali-bhuttos-96th-birth-anniversary-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s 96th birth anniversary today"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI – Today (Friday) is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s 96th birthday, the founder of the Pakistan People’s Party and a former prime minister.<\/p>\n

On January 5, 1928, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was born in Larkana. Bhutto received her education at Berkeley and Oxford and trained at Lincoln’s Inn as a barrister.<\/p>\n

Prior to being given multiple ministries during President Ayub Khan’s military rule, he entered politics as a member of President Iskander Mirza’s cabinet.<\/p>\n

In 1967, he established the Pakistan People’s Party.<\/p>\n

Read More:Remembering Benazir Bhutto on her 16 death Anniversary<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

From 1971 to 1973, Bhutto presided over Pakistan as president, and from 1973 to 1977, she was prime minister.<\/p>\n

Bhutto was overthrown in a bloodless coup on July 5, 1977, by General Zia-ul-Haq, the Chief of Army Staff.<\/p>\n

On April 4, 1979, he was sentenced to death in the most contentious case in our legal history.<\/p>\n

The first unanimous constitution of Pakistan was drafted by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who also started the nation’s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

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PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also gave a heartfelt homage to his grandfather in his speech on Bhutto’s birth anniversary.<\/p>\n

In a message on X, formerly Twitter, Bilawal stated, “We’ll make Pakistan a prosperous and strong country according to the ideology of Quaid-e-Awam.”<\/p>\n

In her message on X, senior PPP leader Sherry Rehman also gave a heartfelt homage to the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.<\/p>\n

“His grandson Bilawal Bhutto is carrying on his dream today by empowering the lowest rungs of the social pyramid, rebuilding Pakistan as a vibrant economy, and investing in human capital, sustainable development, and policy tools that revitalize our social sectors and make them resilient in the twenty-first century,” Rehman stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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