Re: Jamhoriyat ky nam per Terrorism Jaiz hy Islam ky nahi
http://home.pacific.net.sg/~makhdoom/murtaza.html
"After Bhutto was sentenced, Murtaza joined hands with his brother the late Shahnawaz Bhutto, to initiate a campaign to muster international support to revoke the death penalty looming over his father’s head. Leaders from Syria, Libya, and the PLO were particularly supportive. Mercy appeals were sent by several heads of state to General Ziaul Haq which failed, however, to sway his decision.
Murtaza and Shahnawaz both cut short their respective educations and decided to devote themselves to avenge their father’s death. Eventually they resorted to taking up arms, their main target being General Ziaul Haq. This marked the beginning of a new and more controversial era in Murtaza’s life.
The Al-Zulfikar Organization (AZO) was born at this point, and disgruntled elements among the younger members of the PPP, disappointed in the party’s leadership, flocked to Murtaza’s side. The AZO, however, went on to earn the terrorist charge, a label which has dogged Murtaza ever since.
For his part, he has always denied the charge that he espouses the politics of terrorism. “Why is the AZO called a terrorist organisation? Why are we blamed for treason or sedition? What General Zia did to the constitution and to the elected prime minister of the country was real treason. What we did was something that every patriotic Pakistan should do in order to safeguard the interest of the country,” Murtaza maintains.
The most controversial episode of Murtaza’s career was the hijacking of PIA airliner by AZO activists, which resulted in the death of a passenger. Murtaza still faces a murder charge on this count.
From 1981, Mir Murtaza has spent most of his time in Damascus. Earlier, in the early '80s, he was based in Kabul and then in Libya.
With the mysterious death of Shahnawaz Bhutto in Paris in 1985, Murtaza Bhutto was left alone to carry on the struggle. During his period, his sister’s politics had drifted further away from Murtaza’s. The PPP, meanwhile, remained forever under the shadow of being labelled a terrorist party, and many of its activists were arrested and hounded for their alleged links with the AZO. Over the years, the PPP has moved steadily towards the center, coming to power once again, being unceremoniously ousted and making yet another bid for government again, but this time with a less hostile establishment breathing down its neck than ever before.
Murtaza has stayed away from Pakistan for the last 16 years dring which time his name has been closely associated with the AZO.
Murtaza now claims that the AZO has been disbanded and it remains to be seen what new role he will take in the machiavellian politics of the '90s.
In this exclusive interview with the Herald, conducted long distance over the telephone, Murtaza Bhutto finally breaks his silence about his plans to return to Pakistan, criticises the line the PPP leadership has taken in recent years, reveals his decision to focus his attention on Sindh and vehemently denies charges of being a pawn in the hands of the intelligence agencies. "
I really have sympathies for Murtaza here you could say “luck” is something. Zardari has better luck all times,
“When Murtaza was rushed to the Mideast hospital in an official car, sources said, that blood was oozing out from Murtaza’s mouth. He tried to throw away the oxygen mask but the doctors kept putting it back. He then collapsed and lost consciousness. At this time Murtaza s wife Ghinva and daughter Fatimah reached the hospital. Both of them were crying. They were ordered out of the ICU, where the only official present was the Deputy Commissioner South Arif Elahi.”
