Re: Pakistan Day: JSQM leader demands freedom for Sindh and Balochistan
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The fascinating tale of General Rani ‹ The Friday TimesThe good fortune lasted till early 1972. Yahya, after leading Pakistan into a disastrous war against India in December 1971, was disgraced when asked by the military and political parties to step down. He died in seclusion in 1980.
Z A. Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party that had won the majority of seats in West Pakistan in the 1970 election took over the reigns of power from the military. Bhutto at once began to arrest military men, bureaucrats and politicians who had supported Ayub and Yahya’s dictatorships.
And even though it is believed that Bhutto was on good terms with Aqleem, he did not hold back and asked the police to put her under house arrest as well. During the Bhutto regime (1972-77), Aqleem was constantly shuttled between house arrest and jail. Her cases were mostly contested in the courts by famous lawyer, S M. Zafar.
She was finally released from house arrest when in July 1977 General Ziaul Haq toppled the Bhutto regime in a military coup. But by then, she had lost most of her wealth and property and was back to being a pauper.
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