5 April 1979: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister was hanged for the murder of a political opponent following a trial which was widely condemned as unfair Millions of Pakistanis mourn the fate of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Widely revered by the mass of ordinary people,Bhutto was, to them, and a world statesman who gave Pakistan confidence and respectability,a man who ensured, when he spoke, or that other statesmen listened.
He was a politician who broke absent from the gentlemanly cabals of wealthy landowners and bureaucrats who had previously ruled Pakistan between military dictatorships. Bhutto brought power to the people,campaigning in a western style. He promised food, clothing and shelter. He exchanged his Savile Row suits and silk handkerchiefs for baggy trousers and long Pakistani shirts, and he went electioneering in the bazaars and in remote areas previously shunned by his rivals.
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Source: theguardian.com