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My Dearest Daughter:
A letter from the death cellBy: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Reproduced in PDF form by
Sani H. Panhwar
Member Sindh Council, PPP
 
 
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Introduction
This book is based on a letter written to Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto byShaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto from his death cell on June 21
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1978.Thanks to the Pakistan army whose moral and dignity was saved byhim by bringing back 90,000 soldiers who surrendered in 1971 war inIndia, Shaheed Bhutto was kept in a cell separated from a barrackarea by a 10 foot high wall which did not prevent him from hearinghorrific shrieks and screams at night from the other side of the wall.One of Bhutto’s lawyers made enquiries amongst the jail staff andascertained that they were in fact Indian Prisoners of War who hadbeen rendered delinquent and mental during the course of the 1971war.”Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was a visionary person, in one of hisspeeches he said that if he was killed, the Himalayas would weep;the geo-political scenario around Pakistan would change, and therewould be military onslaughts on the Middle Eastern countries andmay be a new map of this region is drawn.He could see the outcome of the neo-colonial policies of the worldimperialist powers and he was sure that after him, none of the leadersin the region would be able to provide resistance to the imperialistpowers. Perhaps he was aware of this much earlier.Thirty years later where we stand, dictatorship is deep rootedsometime on the stage and sometimes behind the curtain. Theynever allowed any democratically elected government in Pakistan tocomplete its term, the country is divided in lines of ethnicity, class andreligion. Poverty level is forcing people to commit suicide due toeconomic reasons. Lawlessness is at its height, the country hascome to a level where the Chief Justice of the country is seeking justice for himself.A few months before his judicial murder, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhuttowrote a letter to his daughter Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto which is nowin your hands in a book form titled "My dearest-daughter” in this bookhe discussed and analyzed the international politics and gave his
 
 
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conclusion which, with the passage of time, have proved to be true.Even those who criticized Bhutto, now openly admit that he was theman who launched a masses specific struggle and condemned theelite specific policies and programs. He was the first politician whoshared fears and hopes of the underclass created by the nexus of thefeudal and civil and the military establishment.The imperialist powers got him killed by the judiciary manipulated bythe imperialist stooge General Ziaul Haq because:“Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was the hero of Pakistan's national liberationrevolution.“He successfully united all most all the Muslim countries in oneblock against imperialist powers;“He helped in streamlining freedom struggle of the Kashmiripeople;“He, as a great nationalist, struggled to make the PakistaniFederation stronger by ensuring constitutional rights to thefederating units;“He developed Pakistan into a nuclear power to provide betterdefense to Pakistan and to help the Muslim countries againstIsrael;“He helped Muslim countries in war against Israel;“He helped Muslim oil producing countries in using their oil as aweapon against imperialist powers;“He provided moral support to all the third world nations fightingfor their national freedom; and“He turned Pakistan into a progressive nation state.
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