Re: Destroyed by Z.A Bhutto - the golden economic legacy left by Ayub Khan?
bhutto was good and no doubt popular leader pakistan has produced,
the only problem with this leader was he was too obsessed with himself, giving power to Mujeeb could have saved us by breaking Quids Pakistan.
One cant get away with oh BD was dragging us backwards!! there are many parts of country are poor than others, it doesnt mean you need to get rid of that part but it require more attention from the centre.
His power hungriness didnt give power to Mujeeb who won the majority votes.
After breaking Pakistan, he embarked on nationalise every major private industry. It may have pleased a few in people. Overall Pakistan industrial development stalled on all sectors, private investors fled the country, moved assets and money from Pak.
Economy that was example for many in Asia turned into disaster off illplaned socialist state.
All the major dams were constructed in Ayub era, every major industry set up in his tanure, 50's and 60's are examplary years in Pakistan economy. the nations ie south korea, malaysia who followed those 5 years plans can been tigers in Asian economy. when pakistan put into reverse gear by Bhutto.
Bhutto was a good politician and a leader but failed to acheive best for Pakistan nation cause of his wrong policies, I would have expected best from him if i was in that era.
he has two major projects to his name as initiating those, Nuclear program and Pakistan Steel. but again Both of these wouldnt be possible if the successive governments werent supportive of these. mainly control being left with same people and governed by GHQ was the key of success.
He had a vision but the methods and paths were wrong!
rest of the leaders lacks basic skills of leadership.
Shak bhaijan, excellent post.
People also forget that Zulfikar Bhutto was very much part of the Yahya government and threatened the break the legs of his own party MP's if they dared attend the meeting of the Pakistan parliament in Dhaka.
Also, when Yahya resigned, Bhutto declared himself the Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA) of Pakistan.