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The following day he went to Lahore, where differences between the two campswere amicably settled through the intervention of the Governor Punjab. ThePrime Minister was satisfied and I got a signal from Lahore that I need notprecede any further in the matter.That was some relief, but an impression stuck in my mind that the Prime Ministerthought that I had dragged my feet in the matter. Perhaps I did, but for a differentreason altogether. Within a couple of months or so in April, 1974 I was appointedChief Secretary Punjab. I met the Prime Minister in his chamber at the NationalAssembly before proceeding to Lahore to resume my new responsibilities. I tookthe opportunity of mentioning to the MPA’s incident. He said, “Forget it. I didnot hold it against you, though you did not take action under the direction of theGovernor”. In clarification I told him that it was certainly not the Governor norcould he over-ride the Prime Minister’s orders. I had felt an inner reservation. Isaid, accepting the responsibility, about the propriety of taking hasty executiveaction against the MPA over an internal matter of the Pakistan Peoples Party: forthat would have been an act of narrow loyalty and disservice to the PrimeMinister (who was also the Chairman of the Party). “It seemed an unequalmatch”, I said in conclusion. “There is a ring of truth in what you say”, remarkedthe Prime Minister with spontaneous appreciation. His basic trust andmagnanimity were even more remarkable, considering that he decided to give mea position of higher responsibilities whilst misgivings about a possible lapse oraberration on my part still lingered in his mind.Law and order conditions were really bad in the NWFP in 1974-75. Cases ofexplosions, bomb blasts, terrorism etc. were a daily occurrence. Mr. HayatMohammad Khan Sherpao was assassinated in early February, 1975. That led tothe Provincial Government’s dismissal and the province being placed under theGovernor’s rule. I was sent there as Chief Secretary.The Prime Minister came to Peshawar within a few days of my taking over and inan exclusive interview with him I inquired about my mandate. “Restoration oflaw and order at all cost. You will have my full support but I want results”, saidthe Prime Minister. The following incident is a testimony to what he meant.The visits of a Federal Minister were giving us anxious moments. His publicmeetings and utterances in the Frontier generally tended to create tensions andbitter relations between tenants and landowners. We so much wanted him torefrain from that and therefore when he came to Peshawar next. I called on himand told him that his public meeting stood called off and he may not kindly takethe trouble of going any further. He was very upset and under a sharp protestreturned to Islamabad.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 135
I was urgently summoned to Rawalpindi for a meeting with the Prime Minister.The worthy Minister was also present. I explained the imperatives of the situationunder which I had acted the way I did; I assured the Minister that we hadotherwise meant no discourtesy or disrespect to him. The Prime Minister gave apatient hearing and taking a balanced view, told me that I should have takensteps to inform the Minister before hand. He however told the Minister thatunless the Cabinet members cooperated how law and order agencies would beable to control the situation.After the Minister left, the Prime Minister told me that he was very happy theway the situation was being brought under control in the province. I had beenquite apprehensive to start with but was so gratified to hear him. He stood by hisword even in the face of a protest from a senior member of the Cabinet.The NWFP embraces the tribal areas, which have different norms, institutionsand system of administration. In the first week of November 1976 Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto undertook an extensive tour of these areas and visitedMohmand, Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, North and South Waziristan Agencies. Hewent into the heart of these Agencies holding public meetings there. For thesecurity agencies his totally unorthodox and bold initiatives were a night-mare.He meant to transcend if not demolish the anachronistic, corrupt and unrepresentativemaliki system and directly reach out to the common man. Hisultimate objective was to introduce adult franchise, a goal that has remainedelusive to this day. The common man and the intelligences in those areas stillremember his vision and courage with nostalgia.He is gone but the legend remains.One crowded hour ofglorious existence is worthan age without a name”Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 136
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TABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORD .. .. ..
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DOORS ALWAYS OPENMr. Abdul Wahid So
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pertaining to the welfare of the po
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT“ZULFIKAR ALI BHUT
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Q Coming from a conservative family
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go to his hostel in the night, and
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are a married man. You cheated me.
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Q. You say he was a very shy person
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myself”Q. What did he say in your
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they did not hang him. They murdere
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me before.”Q. Did Bhutto Saheb te
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Q. Didn’t you go to President’s
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are getting educated.Q. Didn’t yo
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were buying the series of “Scarle
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environment. Father’s love of rea
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we always drove to Sihala to meet N
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After the death of our father, he g
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wished in our hearts that we were b
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AN IDEAL OF MILLIONSTariq IslamWhen
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knowing full well he won’t refuse
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happening. This is a very good sign
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their thousands to catch a glimpse
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write poetry about me. They will si
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and in the streets in such compelli
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Smiling Irishman. The car, in the p
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AN UNCOMPROMISING LAWYERG. H. Abbas
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto saw me preparin
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needed. However, I will attempt to
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days.Bhutto Shaheed was very soft s
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surrounded the entire village but b
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MERA SAHIBAbdul Qayum KhanMy name i
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two mile patch cannot be constructe
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THE MEMOIRSMr. Dost Mohammad,In 196
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“It must be a book.” the Shahee
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people went out for a drive. We wen
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and said that it was his first meet
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It was the month of Ramzan, when th
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taken when I was in France” he sa
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silenced him and asked the wait “
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MY LEADER.Muhammad Hanif KhanIt was
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mentor, architect and originator. T
Page 86 and 87: While taking leave at 2.00 A.M., fr
Page 88 and 89: with their mutual consensus was not
Page 90 and 91: MR BHUTTO AS PRIME MINISTERMajor Ge
Page 92 and 93: Being an astute negotiator and poss
Page 94 and 95: KANUPP at Karachi, sponsored by Can
Page 96 and 97: All these events individually or co
Page 98 and 99: succeeding summer he took the Aga K
Page 100 and 101: BHUTTO AS A REFORMERSHEIKH MUHAMMAD
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Page 106 and 107: was a great reformer. He wanted to
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Page 110 and 111: incorporated in the procedure for e
Page 112 and 113: irrigated land were to be exempted
Page 114 and 115: the commission and the decisions of
Page 116 and 117: year to year to buy wheat and other
Page 118 and 119: very first year of its implementati
Page 120 and 121: distributed at Rs.32 per maund to t
Page 122 and 123: Cotton 2,765 2,890 4.49%(Thousand b
Page 124 and 125: MY FIRST MEETING WITH SHAHEED ZULFI
Page 126 and 127: A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN EVERY POOR HOME
Page 128 and 129: After narrating all this, the Shahe
Page 130 and 131: years. I know that my loyalists mid
Page 132 and 133: Waderas, capitalists were never wit
Page 134 and 135: I took Senior Superintendent of Pol
Page 138 and 139: IK NARA BANA HEY USKA LAHOOHABIB JA
Page 140 and 141: problems of the masses. May God pro
Page 142 and 143: HISTORY LIVES IN HIMMr. Mahmood Sha
Page 144 and 145: Gulf states and resultantly to impr
Page 146 and 147: WHEN HE “DID NOT” SPEAKON POLIT
Page 148 and 149: BHUTTO’S VICTORY WORDSIN 1970 ELE
Page 150 and 151: organizations like Mohajir-Punjabi-
Page 152 and 153: standing in the queue to collect my
Page 154 and 155: Kapra aur Makan opening of medical
Page 156 and 157: I was discussing the statement with
Page 158 and 159: In 1977 the people’s government w
Page 160 and 161: BHUTTO SAHIB IN THE CAMERA’S EYEZ
Page 162 and 163: military Junta would eliminate him
Page 164 and 165: GOOD DEED PAYSMunshi Mohammed Hassa
Page 166 and 167: DOORS ALWAYS OPENAbdul Wahid Soomro
Page 168 and 169: PROMISE FULFILLEDMohammed Hassan So
Page 170: RESPECT FOR TEACHERSNattik GarelloW
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