ZA Bhutto: Benefactor of Pakistan

On this day in 1979, a tragedy of unfathomable proportions unfurled in the shape of martyrdom of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, a leader of the masses who had given them identity and hope and who strived for their deliverance from the never ending exploitation. But those who perpetrated this heinous crime on the people of Pakistan did not realize that though they could eliminate the man physically they could not decimate the spirit which Bhutto had instilled in the hearts of the teeming millions and the vision that he had bequeathed for the future of Pakistan.
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It is said that there are leaders who are created by History and catapulted to the dizzying heights and there are also leaders who create history and barge into the hall of fame through their contribution to the national and global causes. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was undoubtedly a leader who created history. He was a born leader and a man of irrepressible strength, destined to play the role of a saviour for the down-trodden masses and charter a constitutional path for Pakistan in line with the vision of its creator.  Though he had a feudal background and received education at the western universities but the political philosophy and the brand of politics he practiced, were an antithesis of his roots. These claims about Bhutto are not  a rhetoric of a demagogue or passionate convulsions of a diehard devotee. His achievements stand substantiated and corroborated by history.  After the Dacca debacle, he lifted the spirit of the crest-fallen nation and re-invigorated the urge to make a fresh start. He gave the country a consensus constitution that set the direction the country had to follow to achieve the objectives of its creation. He successfully negotiated the repatriation of ninety thousand POWs and the retrieval of the territory captured by India.