Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Politics

231 Pages·2009·1.59 MB·English

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Politics of Charisma

A Collection of Articles of Shaheed Z. A.
Bhutto

Reproduced by:

Sani Hussain Panhwar
Member Sindh Council, PPP

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Politics of Charisma

Edited by

Syed Abdul Quddus

Reproduced by:

Sani Hussain Panhwar
Member Sindh Council, PPP

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CONTENTS

MESSAGE

1. Message from the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto .. .. .. .. .. .. 7

2. Symbol of nation’s pride and honour
Benazir Bhutto .. .. .. .. .. 9

ARTICLES

1. Introduction
Syed Abdul Quddus .. .. .. .. .. 12

2. Charisma in Leadership
Syed Abdul Quddus .. .. .. .. .. 14

3. Politics of Charisma
Professor Sajjad Naseer .. .. .. .. .. 19

4. The Dependent Variable
Professor Sajjad Naseer .. .. .. .. .. 23

5. The Bhutto Phenomenon
Syed Afzal Haider .. .. .. .. .. .. 27

6. Attributes of a Revolutionary Leader
Doctor M. R. Khan .. .. .. .. .. .. 31

7. Dead Bhutto Governs the Living, Valery
Giscard D’Eastaing (Former President of France) .. 33

8. Living with the Bhutto Cult
Likhari .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37

9. Consensus and Ideology in Bhutto’s Politics
Doctor S.M. Haider .. .. .. .. .. .. 40

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10. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto-Quaid-e-Awam
Ahmad F. Jivanjee .. .. .. .. .. .. 44

11. Bhutto and the Punjab by excerpts
from a letter written by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto .. .. 47

12. Bhutto Remembered
Mir Jamil-ur-Rahman .. .. .. .. .. 49

13. Remembering Bhutto
Wajid Shamsul Hassan .. .. .. .. .. 52

14. In Remembrance
Ikramus Saqlain Haider .. .. .. .. .. 56

15. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: A Tribute
Salman Taseer .. .. .. .. .. .. 59

16. To the Gallows
Salman Taseer .. .. .. .. .. .. 61

17. Murdering the Mesiah
Basharat Hussain Qizilbash .. .. .. .. 65

18. Soviet Union Warned Bhutto of U.S. plot against Him
Khalid Hasan .. .. .. .. .. .. 69

19. How the World judged the judgment
Parvez Ali .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75

20. Bhutto - in the Struggle of Life and Death
Syed Amir Hyder Kazmi .. .. .. .. .. 80

21. At what time was Bhutto really hanged?
Rashid Saeed .. .. .. .. .. .. 83

22. They could not kill Bhutto
Raja Shahid Zafar .. .. .. .. .. .. 86

23. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as seen by General
Gul Hassan, Dr. Afzal Iqbal .. .. .. .. 89

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24. Two Landmarks
Farhatullah Babar .. .. .. .. .. .. 92

25. Pure Populist Politician
Aitzaz Ahsan .. .. .. .. .. .. 96

26. Bhutto, Some Recollections
M. Azim Khan .. .. .. .. .. .. 97

27. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Kashmir
Professor Khan Zaman Mirza .. .. .. .. 100

28. Bhutto and the Making of 1973 Constitution
Syed Afzal Haider .. .. .. .. .. 109

29. Bhutto Charter for Benazir
I. A. Rehman .. .. .. .. .. .. 117

30. My Dearest Daughter
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto .. .. .. .. .. .. 126

31. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: The Victim of Western Imperialism
Dr. Saadat Saeed .. .. .. .. .. .. 183

32. Zab: The Architect of Islamic Socialism
Amjad Hussain .. .. .. .. .. .. 185

33. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed-A Great Intellectual
Mirza Humayun Zaman .. .. .. .. .. 189

34. Bhutto: Leader of the Downtrodden
Muazzam Khalil .. .. .. .. .. .. 192

35. Legend of Popularity
Arslan Rariq Bhatti .. .. .. .. .. .. 195

36. Bhutto: The Man and the Enigma
Muslitaq Ahmad .. .. .. .. .. .. 198

37. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: Not an Ordinary Man
Altaf Qureshi .. .. .. .. .. .. 202

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38. Bhutto’s Charisma Lives on
Wajid Shamsul Hasan .. .. .. .. .. 207

39. Did he Consolidate or Break Pakistan?
Farhatullah Babar .. .. .. .. .. .. 210

40. Bhutto’s Legacy
The Editorial “The Nation” Daily, April 4, 1994 .. .. 213

41. Nails in the Coffin of Democracy
Hashim Raza .. .. .. .. .. .. 216

42. The Youthful Ideals of Z.A. Bhutto
Zeno .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 221

43. Pindi Jail was not too old to be demolished
Sadiq Jaffery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 226

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MESSAGE FROM THE
PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN
BENAZIR BHUTTO

Today we celebrate the 61st birthday of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan’s first
directly elected Prime Minister and Founder-Chairman of Pakistan People’s
Party. His life was a clarion call to the dispossessed and the down-trodden to rid
them of despair by seizing control of their own destiny.

He was a visionary and a statesman who saved Pakistan from disintegration
after the military regime of Gen. Yahya Khan had left the country in the ashes of
defeat. A nation demoralized by the disgraceful surrender at Dacca was
revitalized and reborn as he took the nation to the heights of glory.

He gave the country the only unanimous Constitution, the democratic,
representative and Islamic Constitution of 1973, which became the rallying cry of
the entire opposition during its battle against the usurpation of power by the
military regime in 1977. Under his auspices, the second Islamic Summit
Conference was held at Lahore where more Muslim Monarchs Presidents and
Prime Ministers gathered than at any time in Muslim history. The measure of
Muslim unity in his time was symbolized by the Muslim Heads of State and
Government bowing in submission before Almighty Allah at Lahore’s Badshahi
Mosque. It was here that he coined the term “Soldier of Islam” and considered
every Muslim cause his own. During the Ramazan War, soldiers of Pakistan
assisted Arab countries in their hour of need.

He was a builder, and the concrete and stone monuments he built stand in silent
memory to the era of progress and prosperity. He built not only monuments but
modern Taj Mahals of development-- the Karakorum Highway, the Steel Mills,
the Heavy Mechanical Complex at Taxila, the Mirage Rebuild factory.

His voice was the voice of the poor and he broke the hack of an inequitable and
exploitative system to give peasants land, and labour their right. He believed in
the idealism of the youth and built colleges for them across every district. He
built hospitals and technical complexes; he built the first fertilizer factory of
South Asia in Pakistan. He carried the world development -- tarraqi which his
enemies mocked at the time but were obliged to ape with the passage of time.

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He was a man of courage and integrity who believed that the honour of the
people was his own honour. He was fearless in his defiance` of the military
dictatorship refusing to compromise with them. He defied death and became a
martyr. His suffering became the suffering of the nation, his victory in death, the
victory of the nation; his martyrdom the inspiration of the democratic struggle as
thousands of youth stepped forward with the battle cry “Jeay Bhutto”.
Throughout the world, his name reverberated in the homes of exiles, in the
demonstrations for freedom, in the movements to overthrow dictatorship. He
haunted the enemies of the people in the portals of power. State power’ state
patronage, state machinery could not quell the tide waters of his idea and
concept for freedom, dignity and an end to poverty. The triumph of the Party on
November 16, 1988, was his triumph, and the triumph of all those, who believed
in a modern scientific society where men and women moved to build a great
nation.

Such men as he live forever.

He lives in each one of us, us who believe in peace, progress and prosperity.
“Zinda Hai Bhutto, Zinda Hai”.

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SYMBOL OF NATION’S PRIDE
AND HONOUR – BENAZIR

How do we pay homage to a martyr who was larger than life? Prime Minister
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Shaheed marched like a colossus across the world stage,
articulating the aspirations of the down-trodden and dispossessed of the Third
World. He challenged them to “arise” and seize their destiny, to break the
shackles of exploitation and oppression, to hold high their heads in honour and
dignity. With his defiant death, his great courage and heroic martyrdom he
transcended the barriers of time and place and became embedded in the heart of
history. A symbol of the nation’s pride and honour, a most charismatic leader of
our times, pre-eminent among political leaders, he left an overwhelming effect
on our generations and indeed his influence, his vision continues to serve as a
beacon light ten years after he left this world.

Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the poetry and music of the people’s struggle.
The quest for change and a new order based on justice and egalitarianism, an
order free of exploitation, can be traced in his epic struggle. He spoke to the
people in their language. He owed them his success. He was their undisputed
leader. He freed the masses from the tyrants and brought a smile on the faces of
those who had only known tears since the dawn of the Indus civilization. The
most hostile propaganda spread over a decade, the opera of hate, could not erase
his everlasting memory.

As we sit today to reflect on the canvas of his life which was spent in a perpetual
state of struggle and in the service of the people, we can examine the contours of
the magnificent political awakening that he infused in the country.

The span of his life was cut brutally short, yet his name became synonymous
with many achievements -- with the Security Council, with Kashmir, with
Tashkent, with China, with the prisoners of war, with the Simla Agreement, with
the Constitution, with the Reprocessing Plant, with the Reforms with Roti, Kapra
Aur Makan with Mochi Gate, with the Awami Era, with the slogan of “Jiye
Bhutto”. His passionate attachment to the dream of Islamic renaissance and to
revive the pristine concept of Islamic brotherhood manifested itself in the historic
Islamic Summit at Lahore. His genius at diplomatic maneuvering was dazzling.
If he were to be judged only by that he might perhaps be considered the most
brilliant statesman of his time.
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