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Rupa Publications India Born to Be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by Syeda Hameed
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977 He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General ZiaulHaq, and executed in 1979 ZiaulHaq ruled over Pakistan for eleven years with an iron fist, curbing all dissent until he got blown up in an air crash in 1988 In almost three decades since, Pakistan’s leadership has changed hands fifteen times An extremely controversial and confrontational politics is associated with the era of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto It is therefore not surprising that, considering his towering stature, not enough has been researched and written about the tumultuous years of his accession to power culminating in what today is best described as regicide Syeda Hameed delves deep into the politics of Pakistan, meeting Bhutto’s contemporaries, mining information from archives and letters to bring to the fore a rich yet disturbing life and times of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto