Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances

days.Bhutto Shaheed was very soft spoken and well dressed. He would instruct theservants to stay clean. “Wear ordinary clothes but see that those are washed andclean” he would tell the servants. Perhaps it is due to his constant concern that allthe servants of the Bhutto family stay very clean. He would make new dresses forthe servants and often give them ‘pocket money’ besides their regular salaries.Bhutto Shaheed was very kind and God fearing. It was perhaps in 1950 that therewas a big fire in a locality of Larkana. As soon as he came to know of it he rushedto that locality and himself took part in putting out of the fire.He loved horse riding. He was a very good marksman and was fond of Shikar. Ido not remember having seen him missing his aim. He possessed the best gunsthat were available.After he became the Foreign Minister, he started modern farming on his landswith excellent results. As a cabinet Minister he was always very busy, but henever missed coming to Naudero on Idd days. Not only would he greet thepeople on Idd, but would find out their problems and give orders for theirredress.I can relate hundreds of events about his memory and mental qualities. But Imust recall one incident. There was a servant by the name of ‘Safar’ in ‘Al-Murtaza’ Larkana. After some time he gave up the job and became a Car driver.Many years passed. Mr. Bhutto once in Larkana asked the servants where wasSafar and what was he doing? He immediately asked the Deputy Commissionerto locate Safar. When the D.C.’s men reached Safar at the Bus-Stop, he becamevery nervous. He thought he had faulted because of which Sahib had summonedhim.The Shaheed greeted him well and asked about his welfare. He asked if Safar’swife was still alive. Safar replied in the affirmative. Mr. Bhutto told him that heshould not work hard as he had grown old. Safar should rather take his wife toperform Haj. Bhutto Shaheed undertook to bear all the expenses. Safar startedshivering with happiness and gratitude. He touched the feet of Bhutto Shaheed,and starting praying for him.In those days he sent Taj Mohammad, the incharge of ‘Al- Murtaza’ and manyother poor people to Haj. Whenever he would be in Larkana, the Shaheed wouldvisit his ancestral grave yard. He would offer Fatiha on the graves of his greatgrand father Khuda Bux Bhutto, and on the grave of his grand father Mir GhulamMurtaza Bhutto. When he was the Prime Minister he would regularly visit thegrave of his parents for ‘Fateha’. He had a lot of respect for Mir Nabi Bux KhanZulfikar Ali Bhutto, Recollections and Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 59