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Five facts about Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on his 37th death anniversary

Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) founder and former prime minister’s death anniversary is being observed today. Even after 37 years, he seems to be ruling his party and the hearts of his followers despite the facts that several persons have presided the party but nobody could replace him in terms of vision and people’s affiliation.

Here are a few facts regarding the legendary leader,

He was born on January 5, 1928 as the only son of Shah Nawaz Bhutto. He completed his early education from Bombay’s Cathedral High School. In 1947, he joined the University of Southern California, and later the University of California at Berkeley in June 1949. After completing his degree with honors in Political Science at Berkeley in June 1950, he was admitted to Oxford.

He was the youngest Minister in Ayub Khans Cabinet. In 1963, he took over the post of Foreign Minister from Muhammad Ali Bogra.

It was Bhutto who convinced Ayub of the wisdom of establishing closer economic and diplomatic links with Turkey and Iran. The trio later on formed the R. C. D. In June 1966, Bhutto left Ayub’s Cabinet over differences concerning the Tashkent Agreement.

Bhutto was a daring person. He nationalized ten categories of major industries, and withdrew Pakistan from the Commonwealth of Nations and S. E. A. T. O. when Britain and other western countries recognized the new state of Bangladesh.

On March 1, he introduced land reforms, and on July 2, 1972, signed the Simla Agreement with India, which paved the way for the return of occupied lands and the release of Pakistani prisoners captured in East Pakistan in the 1971 war.

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