Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1928 – 1979 Pakistani politician, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan
Founder of the Bhutto political dynasty and the Pakistan People's Party.
- Religion
- Shia Islam.
- Affiliations
- Founder of the Pakistan People's Party; President and then Prime Minister of Pakistan.
He founded the Pakistan People's Party and led the country as president and then prime minister, launching its nuclear programme. Overthrown in a 1977 military coup by General Zia, he was tried on disputed charges and hanged in 1979.
Connections
- family of Benazir Bhutto — Her father, whose party she inherited.
- family of Benazir Bhutto — His daughter, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan.
In the timeline
- 1977 Zia-ul-Haq and the Afghan war effort mentioned