Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances

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Q. Didn’t you go to President’s house or anywhere with him?A. He insisted me to go with him but I refused. I thought that I would feelalone there.Q. What about those three years you remained with Bhutto Sahib in Bombay?A. Yes I remained in Bombay for three years after that I lived in my father’shouse. Bhutto Sahib visited me there occasionally. We had lived together for onlythree years.Q. Where were you at the time when Bhutto Saheb was arrested?A. I was in Larkana. He was also arrested from there. Then I went to Karachiand sometimes later news came that he (Bhutto Saheb) was released on bail. Hecame to me on Eid. Both the sisters and my foster mother also met him. Peoplewere chanting slogans but Bhutto Saheb stopped them.Q. Did he talk to you?A. Not that much. He looked occupied in some thoughts.Q. Did he debar you from politics?A. Yes. He refrained me from appealing for his release from the jail.Q. How many times did you meet him in jail?A. Four times.Q. What do you talk to him?A. I can’t tell you about that.Q. How did you fund Bhutto Saheb in jail?A. Bhutto Saheb faced it bravely and courageously. When I wept there hesolaced rue and said. “Don’t weep. Look to your family. Don’t weep. If they will see youweeping they will laugh at and say that they saw Bhutto’s wife weeping.” Zia hadsecretly installed bug devices in the room to listen to us. That is why we did nottalk too much.Q. What happened during your last meeting in Rawalpindi jail?Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 25
A. We got there under great surveillance. We were made to stand, outside thedoor and Bhutto Sahib stood behind the bars. He was put in a small cell. His bedwas on the floor. He had one blanket only, a wooden commode and a plasticbucket of water. His sister who brought him up and his nephew were alsopresent there to meet him but the time of meeting was very short. We met himlast on the 30th or 31st of March. They searched us thoroughly before the meeting.From there I went to Rohri, from where my vehicle picked me up. Enroute toNaudero my driver told me that Police and Military had raided and searched ourhouses in Naudero. Four days after our last meeting they hanged him.Q. What did they search in your home?A. I don’t know. They had got hold of box containing documents of our land.Q. Did they take anything with them?A. No. They didn’t take anything with them. Since nothing was there, whatwould they take?Q. How did you find Bhutto Saheb?A. He was a great man. I never saw him angry. Sometimes I used to get annoyedand would criticise him. He would laugh and say. “I am what I am.” He was thebest man. I would say to him, “You may be Prime Minister of your people but for usyou are only same Zulfikar.” He always respected elders. He would respect andwelcome my foster mother, too.Q. Did you two quarrel?A. No. Never. Why should I lie. I fought with him sometimes. I used to tellhim, “You have come clandestinely to me.” He would reply, “You are my wife, don’tfight with me.”Q. Didn’t you ever appear before his friends?A. No. Never. We observe strict Purdah.Q. Is polygamy allowed in your family?A. Yes. For want of children. Bhutto Saheb joined politics. He needededucated life partner who may go accompany him every where. In our familygirls were not allowed to go to school. We got only Quranic education. Now girlsZulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 26
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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 16 and 17: are a married man. You cheated me.
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 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
Page 66 and 67: two mile patch cannot be constructe
Page 68 and 69: THE MEMOIRSMr. Dost Mohammad,In 196
Page 70 and 71: “It must be a book.” the Shahee
Page 72 and 73: people went out for a drive. We wen
Page 74 and 75: 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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