Remembering Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto: The People’s Leader
My story of knowing Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is not an ordinary story. He was the first man I came to know during the elections of 2008. My Grandfather who passed away this month was the main reason behind the fact that I have known Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto for so long. I was just 9 when I first time read about him in a book “Ayub,Bhutto and Zia. How they fell victim to their own plans”. There is no doubt that he was extremely charismatic when I heard his speeches that he made in the past. My quest for reading the politics of South Asia began with Bhutto and Jinnah. If the people of Pakistan had to name one man who has ruled the political arena of Pakistan during 1970’s he is none other then Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Also known as Zulfi among his friends. His life is of a hero. Born on 5 th of January 1928 in Al-Murtaza ,Larkana to Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto and Khursheed Begum. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was educated at the finest aceademic institutio...