Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances

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WHEN HE “DID NOT” SPEAKON POLITICSDr. Kamil RajparMr. Bhutto had a mind of his own and nothing daunted him from speaking thetruth against the government.In 1969 during Martial Law when politicians were banned from entering thepremises of educational institutions throughout the Pakistan at that time I beingthe general secretary of Liaqat Medical College Student Union Jamshorosucceeded in getting a decision by the Union as well as General Body and theAcademic Council of the college for inviting Mr. Z. A. Bhutto to be the ChiefGuest on Latif Day. The news item appeared in the press that Bhutto will be thechief guest in Liaqat Medical College Jamshoro. This news item alerted MartialLaw authorities and every pressure was put on Mr. Bhutto by the Martial Lawauthorities not to visit LMC. Jamshoro, but Mr. Bhutto told the authorities “Solong as the invitation stands. I will go and attend the function”. Afterwards, theMartial Law authorities turned their guns on me and the Administrator/Principal of the College late Brig. S. H. A. Gardezi and pressed for withdrawingthe invitation. But we also refused to withdraw the invitation. Accordingly, on13th August. 1969 Mr. Bhutto reached Jamshoro campus and thousands ofstudents of LMC as well as entire H y derabad colleges welcomed him. Mr. Bhuttowas asked by the Martial Law authorities not to speak on politics but that heshould confine his speech on Shah Abdul Latif. Mr. Bhutto had his own style ofstarting a speech and he informed the gathering that I have been told not to speakon politics but he added “I am a political animal; politics is in my blood, how theycan stop me from talking on politics. Had Shah Abdul Latif been alive today hewould have definitely opposed One Unit and he too would have been put behindthe bars (jail) by the Martial Law authorities”.This is how he started his speech. He knew how to phrase things and his sense ofhumor often had a cheerful effect on his manner of speech. Nothing daunted Mr.Bhutto and he continued his hard- hitting speech against the government besidestalking on philosophy of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. It was a historic function. Thiswas the only political function held in an educational institution throughoutPakistan during the ban period.Bhutto took major decisions bold and never surrendered before extremists andnationalists. During language riots in 1972, Mr. Bhutto was bold enough to takeZulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 145
the people into confidence and he openly condemned the gundaism, killing ofinnocent Sindhis in Hyderabad after the passage of the Language Bill in SindhAssembl y . He talked to the people directly on Radio and TV, addressed publicmeetings at various places and started dialogue with Sindhis and Urdu speakingpeople separately and jointly He was quite clever in his conversation. He had adefinite way with words. He was fond of sound arguments and he convincedboth the groups to reach an agreement in the form of Language Accord 1972.After that accord not a single incident took place on either side i.e. no conflictbetween Sindhis and Mohajirs occurred during his tenure till the Coup d’etatagainst his government in 1977. I observed him talking with various delegatesand also heard his speeches during his tour of Hyderabad Division during thelanguage riots. While turning his face towards Urdu speaking people, he used toremind them of the hospitality of Sindhi people who had welcomed them at thetime of partition. He even used to shout by telling them to stop this madness andmeanness by killing innocent villagers who happened to visit cities for theirnormal work. This will isolate Urdu-speaking people from others, he felt. Don’tbe cruel to our own brothers who welcomed you. Stop playing to the tune ofhidden hands. Similarly he used to turn towards Sindhis and remind them oftheir noble hospitality and love for Islam and he condemned extremist Sindhiswho exploited the situation just to create problems for the PPP government. Hecondemned extremist Sindhis who were also adding fuel to fire on theinstructions of hidden hands. He educated public opinion by making them realizethe need to live together on the principles of co-existence He also felt sorry at theattitude of Urdu speaking people towards the ancient language of the provincewhich was the official language of the province before partition. He remindedthem that nobody could finish the language, culture or traditions of Sindh and hereminded Sindhis that if they recognize the importance of national language thennobody will lower the importance of their provincial language. On one occasionhe became emotional and he said “I am a Muslim and a Pakistani but I don’t feelashamed to call myself a Sindhi. I am proud that I am Sindhi by birth and willremain a Sindhi till I die. I assure every citizen of Sindh that justice will be donewith everyone no matter what language he speaks.”Mr. Bhutto was a very clever politician. First he used to educate the publicascertain their opinion and then finally he would lake major decisions. In thissituation of language riots he was able to control the situation within a very shorttime and he openly condemned G. M. Syed of Jiye Sindh and Nawab Muzaffar ofMohajir-Punjabi- Pathan Mahaz. He managed to make the majority realize thatSindhis and Urdu-speaking have to live together. This kind of excellentleadership I think is not seen in the present crises in any politician who couldinitiate dialogue between these two communities of urban and rural Sindh. It wasbecause of his boldness and shrewdness that the language conflict was resolvedin 1972.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 146
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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
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While taking leave at 2.00 A.M., fr
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with their mutual consensus was not
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MR BHUTTO AS PRIME MINISTERMajor Ge
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Being an astute negotiator and poss
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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
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Page 116 and 117: year to year to buy wheat and other
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Page 124 and 125: MY FIRST MEETING WITH SHAHEED ZULFI
Page 126 and 127: A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN EVERY POOR HOME
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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 136 and 137: The following day he went to Lahore
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 148 and 149: BHUTTO’S VICTORY WORDSIN 1970 ELE
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Page 154 and 155: Kapra aur Makan opening of medical
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Page 158 and 159: In 1977 the people’s government w
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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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