Larkana (Web Desk): The 44th death anniversary of the founding chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is being observed today (Tuesday).
The main event to remember the former prime minister and founder of the party will be held at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in Larkana where a large number of followers of Bhutto and supporters of PPP are expected to gather.
The Sindh Government has made foolproof security arrangements to facilitate the people and avoid any untoward incident.
In his message on the occasion, PPP Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto laid the foundation of a new era in Pakistan's political arena.
Meanwhile, Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf has paid glowing tributes to services of former prime minister Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for Pakistan.
In a statement on Tuesday, he said the former premier gave a consensus constitution and made the country's defense impregnable.
The Speaker said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto represented the aspirations of the people in the best manner.
"The vision, life and political struggle of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is a beacon of light for the current leadership," Raja Pervez Ashraf asserted.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was born on January 5, 1928 in Larkana. His father, Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto, was the dewan of the princely state of Junagadh.
Bhutto started higher studies at Berkeley and Oxford, trained as a barrister at Lincoln s Inn. He entered politics as one of President Iskander Mirza s cabinet members, before being assigned several ministries during President Ayub Khan s military rule.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded Pakistan People’s Party in 1967. He served as the 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. He became prime minister of Pakistan on 14 August 1973 after parliament unanimously approved a new constitution in 1973.
The PPP won the 1977 parliamentary elections; however, a conservative alliance alleged widespread rigging and civil disorder escalated across Pakistan. On 5 July 1977, chief of army staff General Zia-ul-Haq deposed Bhutto in a bloodless coup, and had the former prime minister controversially tried and executed by the Supreme Court (SC) in 1979 for authorising the murder of a political opponent, Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri.