Awaz Apni

CNews History: Shahnawaz Bhutto (1958 - 1985) was the son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (President/Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977) and Begum Nusrat Bhutto. Shahnawaz Bhutto was the youngest of Bhutto’s four children. Shahnawaz was schooled in Pakistan and later travelled abroad to complete his higher education. Shahnawaz was studying in Switzerland when Zia ul Haq's military regime executed his father in 1979. Prior to the execution, Shahnawaz and his elder brother Murtaza Bhutto embarked on an international campaign to save their father's life, but it was to no avail. The two brothers continued to resist the military abrogation of the 1973 constitution in exile. On July 18, 1985, the 27 year old Shahnawaz was found dead in Nice, France. He died under mysterious circumstances, and the Bhutto family firmly believe he was poisoned. It has been alleged, however, that he could have died of a drug overdose.[citation needed]. No one was brought to trial for murder, but Shahnaw...

CNews History: Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, has been hanged in spite of international calls for clemency. Mr Bhutto, 51, who had been Pakistan's leader since 1973, was deposed in an army coup 18 months ago. He was sentenced to death for the murder of a political opponent following a trial which was widely condemned as unfair. The appeal process was also tainted by allegations of bias on the part of some judges. No advance warning of the execution had been given. Mr Bhutto's wife and daughter, Benazir, who are both under house arrest, visited him on the morning before his death. They had been told it would be their last meeting but the military regime, led by General Zia ul-Haq, continued to deny an execution was imminent. Autocratic leader Few details have emerged of the circumstances surrounding the hanging but it is believed to have taken place at 0200 local time (2100 GMT, 3 April) in the Rawalpindi district jail in north-east Pakistan. Pakistan...