Islamabad (Web Desk/Agencies): The 96th birth anniversary of the founder of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former premier Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) was observed on Friday.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari paid tribute to the party founder on his birth anniversary.
In a message on X (formerly Twitter), Bilawal Bhutto said that ZAB gave the Constitution and the nuclear programme to the country. He paid rich tributes to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for his political vision and wisdom for the country.
Bilawal vowed to continue his grandfather’s legacy and to complete the popular slogan of PPP ‘Roti, Kapra aur Makaaan’ in the upcoming general elections scheduled to be held on February 8.
Senior PPP leader Sherry Rehman also paid rich tribute to the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in her message on X.
“Today, his grandson Bilawal Bhutto takes the dream forward to empower the bottom of the social pyramid, to rebuild Pakistan as an economically vitalised nation with investments in human capital, sustainable development and policy instruments that reboot our social sectors as inclusive and responsive for resilience in the 21st century,” Rehman said.
Bhutto was born on this day in 1928 in Larkana. He founded the PPP in 1967. He served as President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977. One of his greatest achievements during his tenure was the Constitution of 1973.