A Bright Shining Star on the Political Landscape of Pakistan on December 27, 2019In December 2019, as we mark the twelfth death anniversary of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, the essence of her principles and ideals have been etched into our collective memories just like the memory of our favourite fragrance. Once you experience it, it becomes a part of your memory forever. December is also the same month when […]
Remembering Mir Murtaza Bhutto on September 18, 2019Tall like his father, handsome and charismatic, when Mir Murtaza Bhutto used to enter a room he would remind everyone of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Begum Nusrat Bhutto often commented on how Murtaza was a spitting image of his father. The journey of my acquaintance with Mir Murtaza Bhutto began in 1978 when I had […]
Remembering Benazir Bhutto: a tribute to a great leader on June 21, 2019June 21, 1953 is the birthday of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, the first woman prime-minister of any Muslim state. Remembering her brings pain and sorrow of her loss but for me, it is also a reminder of her compassionate and beautiful personality. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto represented the Pakistan that was beautiful and with an immense potential […]
A Voice for the People of Kashmir Murdered on April 4, 1979 on April 4, 2019Nearly forty years ago on April 4, 1979, the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (SZAB) was a victim of judicial murder. There were worldwide protests by not just Pakistanis but also by various leaders who condemned this injustice meted out to the people of Pakistan and the people of Kashmir. It […]
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto: Immortalized through the hearts and minds of her people on December 27, 2018Looking back to the time period when I had the honour and pleasure to be around Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, I realize that those were the glorious days when her struggle for democracy was at its peak. Today marks eleven years of her martyrdom but she is still alive in our memories through the mark […]
Remembering Begum Nusrat Bhutto: Mother of Democracy on October 23, 2018Begum Nusrat Bhutto was an iron lady who stood against undemocratic forces in Pakistan. She was awarded the highest civilian award for democratic struggle against dictatorship. She faced tyrannical rule of the dictator Zia ulHaq with utmost bravado. Despite house arrests and other difficulties created for her by the government, she persisted in her struggle […]
Mir Murtaza Bhutto: A Journey from Life to Death on September 20, 2018September 20th marks Mir Murtaza Bhutto’s 22nd death anniversary. In 1996, he was murdered on this day. His birthday and death anniversary are separated by a single day. Near Queens Road in London, Murtaza’s flat was the centre of a global movement against false murder case and death sentence of his father, Prime Minister Zulfikar […]
Waris Mir’s battle against Zia on July 9, 2018History will remember the decade-long dictatorial era of General Ziaul Haq (from 1977 to 1988) as the time when the fundamentalism bacteria started germinating in the marrow of this country, before turning into a cancer and finally eating out the vitals of our socio-political system. Our social life is marred by various arbitrary interdictions and […]
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto: a bright star that continues to glow in the hearts of the people on June 21, 2018The Daughter of Pakistan, Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto is the star on the horizon of politics that neither fades away nor breaks down. This tribute was given to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto by a delegate from Middle East on the occasion of 50th commemoration of the Socialist International. The ceremony of the Socialist International took place in […]
Several decades later: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is still ruling the hearts of the people on April 4, 2018On March 18, 1978 the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Molvi Mushtaq Hussain gave the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto a death sentence in a false murder case. This decision was not surprising as it was according to the wishes of dictator Zia ul Haq who was constantly working towards removing […]