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ZA Bhutto: the maker of history
By Sharmila Faruqui
Few leaders have shaped events of the contemporary age to their own vision and policy more surely than Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The way he coped with most difficult circumstances and insurmountable difficulties and solved the trying problems of his country, made him a legend even in his lifetime not only in his own country but also in the international world. He changed the course of history in South Asia in the sense that his courageous actions and overwhelming influence saved his country from further disintegration and united it with the binding force of Islamic Socialism and wide ranging social, political, economic, industrial, labour, educational, administrative and land reforms.
The great apostle of Islamic Socialism was the sworn enemy of feudalism which, no doubt, was the canker in the body politic of Pakistan. He was the high priest of the exploitation-free society and had succeeded, to a great extent, in the eradication of the parasitic exploiters of his country. He did for the progress and prosperity of his country what Lenin had done for the Soviet Union and Chairman Mao had done for the Peoples Republic of China. West Pakistan was in the grip of political chaos and economic slump after the dismemberment. Frustration and uncertainty loomed large over the horizon. Nobody knew what was in store for the defeated country.
But the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was born to accomplish great deeds. He inspired his nation with a new hope and proved his worth by immediately launching courageous and revolutionary political, economic, agrarian, educational, industrial, labour, administrative and social reforms and saved his war-weary and famished country from total collapse and utter ruination. Pakistan, politically shattered and economically doomed, entered 1972, under the wise and dynamic leadership of President Bhutto, with much of the self-confidence restored and was ready to gain equilibrium. The frustrated and the defeated nation of the 1971 war with India, now under the guidance of an energetic, intelligent, brave, industrious, patriotic and able leader, was slowly gaining momentum, power and prestige.
ZA Bhutto was, in fact, a dynamo of inexhaustible and boundless creative energy. He was born to solve problems. His greatest diplomatic scoop, however, was the Simla Agreement. He outwitted Indra Gandhi in diplomatic bargaining. He secured the release of 90,000 POWs and also freed 5,000 square miles of Pakistani territory from Indian clutches and gave nothing in return except the promise of normalisation of relations which was more to the advantage of Pakistan than India.
He stood like a rock against all odds and oddities and achieved national unity with the help of downtrodden and exploited masses. Commenting on Bhutto, president of the United States, Richard Nixon, said, Pakistan entered 1972 as a deeply troubled and demoralised nation. Crisis and defeat in 1971 had torn apart its political structure, halved its population and shattered the established pattern of its economy. Yet President Bhutto has taken many courageous steps of political, economic and social reforms. He has restored much of the self-confidence of his countrymen.
Prior to the advent of the Bhutto government which came into power on December 20, 1971, Pakistan never enjoyed a democratic constitution in the true sense of the word. Previous constitutions were framed for the country by self styled politician and military dictators. Bhutto had to wipe out the unhealthy and corrupt socio-economic traditions of his predecessors and had to usher in an era of true democracy and the rule of law. The 1973 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was a milestone in the history of Pakistan. Within three months of taking the rein of the government, Prime Minister Bhutto announced wide-ranging land reforms to allow the peasantry to start a new life. Prime Minister Bhutto was not only the child of his age but he was also a man in advance of his age. He was yearning for a new international economic order based on justice and equity. Bhutto promised Roti, Kapra and Makan for everybody. The second slogan enunciated the three fundamental principles of the party, namely, Islam is our Deen (religion), democracy is our polity and socialism is our economy. Both these slogans are not mere election slogans. They reflect an outlook and a concrete philosophy of life.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto transformed Iqbals dream of Islamic Commonwealth of Nations into the historic Islamic summit in Lahore in which the Muslim leaders endorsed this concept.
The writer is Sindh chief ministers advisor on information and archives and PPP secretary information (women wing) in Sindh
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
By Sharmila Faruqui
Few leaders have shaped events of the contemporary age to their own vision and policy more surely than Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The way he coped with most difficult circumstances and insurmountable difficulties and solved the trying problems of his country, made him a legend even in his lifetime not only in his own country but also in the international world. He changed the course of history in South Asia in the sense that his courageous actions and overwhelming influence saved his country from further disintegration and united it with the binding force of Islamic Socialism and wide ranging social, political, economic, industrial, labour, educational, administrative and land reforms.
The great apostle of Islamic Socialism was the sworn enemy of feudalism which, no doubt, was the canker in the body politic of Pakistan. He was the high priest of the exploitation-free society and had succeeded, to a great extent, in the eradication of the parasitic exploiters of his country. He did for the progress and prosperity of his country what Lenin had done for the Soviet Union and Chairman Mao had done for the Peoples Republic of China. West Pakistan was in the grip of political chaos and economic slump after the dismemberment. Frustration and uncertainty loomed large over the horizon. Nobody knew what was in store for the defeated country.
But the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was born to accomplish great deeds. He inspired his nation with a new hope and proved his worth by immediately launching courageous and revolutionary political, economic, agrarian, educational, industrial, labour, administrative and social reforms and saved his war-weary and famished country from total collapse and utter ruination. Pakistan, politically shattered and economically doomed, entered 1972, under the wise and dynamic leadership of President Bhutto, with much of the self-confidence restored and was ready to gain equilibrium. The frustrated and the defeated nation of the 1971 war with India, now under the guidance of an energetic, intelligent, brave, industrious, patriotic and able leader, was slowly gaining momentum, power and prestige.
ZA Bhutto was, in fact, a dynamo of inexhaustible and boundless creative energy. He was born to solve problems. His greatest diplomatic scoop, however, was the Simla Agreement. He outwitted Indra Gandhi in diplomatic bargaining. He secured the release of 90,000 POWs and also freed 5,000 square miles of Pakistani territory from Indian clutches and gave nothing in return except the promise of normalisation of relations which was more to the advantage of Pakistan than India.
He stood like a rock against all odds and oddities and achieved national unity with the help of downtrodden and exploited masses. Commenting on Bhutto, president of the United States, Richard Nixon, said, Pakistan entered 1972 as a deeply troubled and demoralised nation. Crisis and defeat in 1971 had torn apart its political structure, halved its population and shattered the established pattern of its economy. Yet President Bhutto has taken many courageous steps of political, economic and social reforms. He has restored much of the self-confidence of his countrymen.
Prior to the advent of the Bhutto government which came into power on December 20, 1971, Pakistan never enjoyed a democratic constitution in the true sense of the word. Previous constitutions were framed for the country by self styled politician and military dictators. Bhutto had to wipe out the unhealthy and corrupt socio-economic traditions of his predecessors and had to usher in an era of true democracy and the rule of law. The 1973 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was a milestone in the history of Pakistan. Within three months of taking the rein of the government, Prime Minister Bhutto announced wide-ranging land reforms to allow the peasantry to start a new life. Prime Minister Bhutto was not only the child of his age but he was also a man in advance of his age. He was yearning for a new international economic order based on justice and equity. Bhutto promised Roti, Kapra and Makan for everybody. The second slogan enunciated the three fundamental principles of the party, namely, Islam is our Deen (religion), democracy is our polity and socialism is our economy. Both these slogans are not mere election slogans. They reflect an outlook and a concrete philosophy of life.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto transformed Iqbals dream of Islamic Commonwealth of Nations into the historic Islamic summit in Lahore in which the Muslim leaders endorsed this concept.
The writer is Sindh chief ministers advisor on information and archives and PPP secretary information (women wing) in Sindh
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
