December 23, 2025 1:03 pm
Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir recently visited Tripoli. Despite the Muslim nations’ geographical distance, Pakistan and Libya once sought to develop close ties, with some common strategic goals.
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.
December 12, 2023 4:51 pm
Bhutto, 51, was hanged to death in 1979 after he was convicted of abetment in a murder case.
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 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.
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.
April 11, 2015 12:03 am
A similar tale of dynasty and power unfolds on both sides of the border.
June 09, 2014 12:30 am
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reneged on his commitment to Indira Gandhi much earlier than some had anticipated.
January 31, 2014 3:11 am
How a few wealthy dynasties dominate the nation’s politics, and get even richer.
November 10, 2013 5:20 am
Fatima Bhutto on her first novel,learning to struggle in Pakistan and the cathartic effect of fiction.



