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'Fair trial' not followed in 1979 judgment executing Zulfikar Bhutto, says Pakistan SC

March 06, 2024 9:33 pm

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who served as the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, was executed under the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

Pak SC adjourns till January hearing of long-pending case against Zulfikar Bhutto's death sentence

December 12, 2023 4:51 pm

Bhutto, 51, was hanged to death in 1979 after he was convicted of abetment in a murder case.

Pakistan: A country where no Prime Minister has served a full term

April 10, 2022 1:18 pm

Pakistan has experienced four military coups, with at least as many unsuccessful attempts, and spent more than three decades under military rule.

April 5, 1979, Forty Years Ago

April 05, 2019 12:15 am

Many world leaders, including US President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev, had sent mercy appeals to Zia on behalf of Bhutto.

Forty Years Ago: February 7, 1979

February 07, 2019 12:52 am

Prime Minister Morarji Desai and the External Affairs Minister A B Vajpayee declined to comment on the Pakistan Supreme Court verdict on Mr Bhutto. “It is their internal affair and I do not want to interfere,” Desai said.

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Gandhis, like the Bhuttos

April 11, 2015 12:03 am

A similar tale of dynasty and power unfolds on both sides of the border.

The collapse of the Shimla Accord

June 09, 2014 12:30 am

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reneged on his commitment to Indira Gandhi much earlier than some had anticipated.

The sultans of Pakistan

January 31, 2014 3:11 am

How a few wealthy dynasties dominate the nation’s politics, and get even richer.

The Woman Who Wouldnt Give Up

November 10, 2013 5:20 am

Fatima Bhutto on her first novel,learning to struggle in Pakistan and the cathartic effect of fiction.

Cant afford a war over Kashmir

February 07, 2012 1:42 am

Four wars have already been fought on the Kashmir issue and the region still was a flashpoint,but in the 21st century we cannot afford wars,Gilani said.