Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances

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are a married man. You cheated me. Why didn’t you tell me before you werealready married?”Then he told me in what circumstances he had been married.Later he brought his mother along and she explained to my family as to how hewas made to marry his cousin when he was just 14 and they asked him to sit inthe wedding if he wanted to get his favorite cricket bat set.Q. What kind of a man he was?A. He had very few friends. What nobody knows about him is that he was avery shy person, very shy. He read a lot. He educated me too. He gave me booksto read and made me read a lot of books. When I was having children, he gaveme books on psychology, so that I could understand my children. He used to saythat our children should not do anything which could bring bad name to thefamily.Q. Where did you go for honeymoon?A. Paris and Rome. Interestingly, my mother-in-law accompanied us duringour honeymoon. In fact, her daughter Mumtaz, had been married to Col. Mustafawho was posted in Turkey at that time. She wanted to see her daughter. So wetook her along. We went to Paris, Rome and then to Turkey where she stayedwith her daughter and we went to London.Q. How did he get into Ayub Khan’s cabinet?A. I think his parents knew Iskandar Mirza, who would visit them frequently.One day Iskandar Mirza said he wanted their son to be a Minister. Before that, hehad written a pamphlet, titled: “Federal or Unitary Government,” and thegovernment was angry with him. Later, he was sent as a delegate to internationalconferences on behalf of the government and he became the Commerce Minister.Then Iskandar Mirza was thrown out. We were in Larkana at that time. We hadno plans to go to Karachi which was the Capital at that time. But he receivedphone calls after phone calls. Ayub Khan wanted to keep him as a Minister. Thenwe had discussions on whether we should go or not. His father had died by then.His mother and I suggested he should agree. So he accepted it.Q. Would he discuss politics with you?A. Quite often. I never forced in opinion on him. I just said what I genuinelyfelt. Some time he would accept my advice and some times he would reject it.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 15
Q. What kind of a husband he was?A. He as a very caring husband. Very caring, I would some times get angryon little things but he would not mind. He was a very loving person. He had a lotof patience. People would come and talk long winded rubbish and give advice tohim. He would just sit and listen. Then he would say whatever he believed. Henever ever scolded his children. He would talk to them very nicely. He never everbeat his children. When he became a Barrister, he contested a murder chargeagainst an old man who came to him and said he had not committed the Murder.This was Mr. Bhutto’s first case. He gave it to me and I kept this money with mefor a very long time. He won his second case and his client brought his littledaughter in place of money. Mr. Bhutto brought that girl to me and said: “Look.Nusrat. This is my payment for winning the case. Do you want to keep it?” Shewas a very small and skinny girl. He returned her to her parents.Q. In what manner did he express his happiness over a success?A. He remained quiet. I don’t know why he had a feeling that he was going todie young. He said it even when he proposed me. He said. “We must get marriedquickly because I have a very short life” I said: “Why do you have a short life?”He said he could not say exactly why, but he had this feeling. He explained to methat his family had a lot of enemies who could kill him. Then there was thisfortune-teller who had told his father, when he was a child, the details of hisfuture. About his early education, college days how he would become famous.But that story ended at the age of 48. He was exactly 48 when the PNA startedagitation against him.I remember the First elections in 1970. I got up early in the morning. I said we hadto go out early. He asked, why. Why I was in such a hurry. Then I made him getup. I said we should go out and look around. He was very worried about theresults.He kept listening to radio and television. He was very quite until the last reportscame. He was very happy but he was too shy to express his happiness even infront of me. He was very serious and very sedate.He used to read, read and read. When he was a Minister, he would see his filestill three in the morning. He would work in the bed room and I had to hear himturning the papers and I could not sleep. Once I said I could go to another room ifhe wanted to work but he did not allow me. He was never tired of reading andworking. He would work till three in the morning and then wake up at eight inthe morning and go to office. He slept very little.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 16
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Page 4 and 5: TABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORD .. .. ..
Page 6 and 7: DOORS ALWAYS OPENMr. Abdul Wahid So
Page 8 and 9: pertaining to the welfare of the po
Page 10 and 11: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT“ZULFIKAR ALI BHUT
Page 12 and 13: Q Coming from a conservative family
Page 14 and 15: go to his hostel in the night, and
Page 18 and 19: Q. You say he was a very shy person
Page 20 and 21: myself”Q. What did he say in your
Page 22 and 23: they did not hang him. They murdere
Page 24 and 25: me before.”Q. Did Bhutto Saheb te
Page 26 and 27: Q. Didn’t you go to President’s
Page 28 and 29: are getting educated.Q. Didn’t yo
Page 30 and 31: were buying the series of “Scarle
Page 32 and 33: environment. Father’s love of rea
Page 34 and 35: we always drove to Sihala to meet N
Page 36 and 37: After the death of our father, he g
Page 38 and 39: wished in our hearts that we were b
Page 40 and 41: AN IDEAL OF MILLIONSTariq IslamWhen
Page 42 and 43: knowing full well he won’t refuse
Page 44 and 45: happening. This is a very good sign
Page 46 and 47: their thousands to catch a glimpse
Page 48 and 49: write poetry about me. They will si
Page 50 and 51: and in the streets in such compelli
Page 52 and 53: Smiling Irishman. The car, in the p
Page 54 and 55: AN UNCOMPROMISING LAWYERG. H. Abbas
Page 56 and 57: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto saw me preparin
Page 58 and 59: needed. However, I will attempt to
Page 60 and 61: days.Bhutto Shaheed was very soft s
Page 62 and 63: surrounded the entire village but b
Page 64 and 65: 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
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All these events individually or co
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succeeding summer he took the Aga K
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BHUTTO AS A REFORMERSHEIKH MUHAMMAD
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Vietnam, who had for more than two
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It was specified that “The genera
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was a great reformer. He wanted to
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enforcement of Land Reforms Regulat
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incorporated in the procedure for e
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irrigated land were to be exempted
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the commission and the decisions of
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year to year to buy wheat and other
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very first year of its implementati
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distributed at Rs.32 per maund to t
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Cotton 2,765 2,890 4.49%(Thousand b
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MY FIRST MEETING WITH SHAHEED ZULFI
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A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN EVERY POOR HOME
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After narrating all this, the Shahe
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years. I know that my loyalists mid
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Waderas, capitalists were never wit
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I took Senior Superintendent of Pol
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The following day he went to Lahore
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IK NARA BANA HEY USKA LAHOOHABIB JA
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problems of the masses. May God pro
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HISTORY LIVES IN HIMMr. Mahmood Sha
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Gulf states and resultantly to impr
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WHEN HE “DID NOT” SPEAKON POLIT
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BHUTTO’S VICTORY WORDSIN 1970 ELE
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organizations like Mohajir-Punjabi-
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standing in the queue to collect my
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Kapra aur Makan opening of medical
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I was discussing the statement with
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In 1977 the people’s government w
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BHUTTO SAHIB IN THE CAMERA’S EYEZ
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military Junta would eliminate him
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GOOD DEED PAYSMunshi Mohammed Hassa
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DOORS ALWAYS OPENAbdul Wahid Soomro
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PROMISE FULFILLEDMohammed Hassan So
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RESPECT FOR TEACHERSNattik GarelloW
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