Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances

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are getting educated.Q. Didn’t you ever go school?A. No.Q. Did they call you when the body of Bhutto Saheb was brought home on4th April?A. Yes. Zia had given them instructions to allow first wife of Bhutto to havehis (Bhutto’s) last glimpse in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto (In tears). That wholenight from dusk to dawn we read Holy Quail and Durood. All of a sudden son ofMunshi Nazir Muhammad came and lamented calling “YA HUSSAIN. YAHUSSAIN”. At first I thought that there might be some sort of fighting outside,then I asked that what had happened. My mother veepingly asked for “Kafan”for Bhutto Sahib. It seemed as if mountain had fallen upon me. I couldn’t controlmyself and asked them to take me there. I went there. Four hundred army menwere present there. We were without purdah, barefooted and bareheaded. Thatmoment was like ‘KARBALA’ for us. We had reached in ‘AUTAQ’ to see Bhutto’sbody there in the presence of heavy contingents of army. They didn’t allow us tosee him fully. Even we were not permitted to give him ‘ghusal or kafiin’. Zia gotkilled all those ‘MULLAS’ who had given ghusal to Bhutto’s body even. JALADwas also killed.Q. You were allowed to see his face only?A. I was not in my senses at that time. I saw him upto the chest. My sisterAkhtar saw his body and said it had torture marksQ. When did you see Bhutto Saheb more happy?A. He always remained in good mood and happy.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 27
A SISTER SPEAKSMrs. Munawar-ul-IslamI have frequently read that my brother Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was acontroversial figure. People either love or hate him. I am perhaps the only personwho knows him well. We grew up together.Of our childhood days certain memories cling. One was of father’s long absencein England where he had gone for the Round Table Conference. In those days weheard of only one dacoit. The servants often talked of his daring and defiance.Our sister Benazir was then a baby. Zulfi and I liked to hear of the dacoit who theservants said was forced to leave his feudal masters village. The reason we neverlearnt. However, as night approached we felt scared. Our house was three-storied.From the second floor we climbed the staircase to the third to sleep in a Spanishtype courtyard during Larkana’s long hot summers. That night Zulfi and I calledout from the stairs the name of each servant to check whether they were allpresent. It made us feel secure.We played in the extensive grounds and lawns of our garden and ran after therabbits. Those were happy, carefree days. As were the days proceeding ourdeparture for Bombay where father was to represent Sindh. Sindh was thenattached to Bombay. The sea voyage thrilled us. We explored the ship and madefriends with other children.Father had to be six months in Bombay and six months in Poona. Poona had amuch better climate. My sister Mumtaz and I were admitted to a boarding school:The Convent of Jesus and Mary. Zulfi’s health was indifferent; therefore, he wasadmitted to a day-school St. Mary’s and he returned to Bombay with my parents.While in Poona we went home for the week-ends Zulfi was always waiting for usin the car, well before time. Once he told us he had a surprise. He brought out hisbicycle he had learnt to ride. During the Poona season there were many socialactivities which my parents had to participate in. so the three of us went tomovies sometimes. We loved the tonga rides and engaged two tongasaccompanied by a servant. We tried to over-take each other’s tonga. The cinemawas in the cantonment not far from our house. I remember the name of one movie.“The 39 Steps” which starred the late Robert Donat. He became our favorite actor.Whatever pocket money we got we got movie magazine, which containedpictures of Robert Donat and competed with each other to collect the most. Thefollowing year we saw “The Scarlet Tonga” and then Donat was forgotten and weZulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 28
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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 26 and 27: Q. Didn’t you go to President’s
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
Page 76 and 77: 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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