Introduction
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was Pakistan’s leader between 1971–77. His period in power was marked by an Islamization of Pakistan on socialist principles. He remains a controversial figure, at once acclaimed for his non-aligned foreign policy and supportive measures towards Pakistan’s poor rural population yet equally criticised for his aggressively anti-Indian outlook and his drive towards turning Pakistan into a nuclear state.
Early Life
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was born on 5 Jan. 1928 in Larkana district to a wealthy, land-owning family. His father, Shahnawaz Khan Bhutto, had been a prominent figure in pre-independent Indian politics and had received a knighthood. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto studied at Bombay Cathedral high school before joining the Berkley campus at the University of Southern California in 1949, going on to become the first Asian elected to Berkley student council. Graduating with honours in political science, he left to study law at Christ Church college, Oxford, in 1950....
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(2019). Bhutto, Zulfiqar Ali (Pakistan). In: The Statesman’s Yearbook Companion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95839-9_92
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