ZAB was Yahya Khan’s key negotiator, now the post of negotiator is not equivalent to the post-master, where you just deliver the decision, negotiating demands certain skills which differs negotiators from the crowd.. if he was hell of the negotiator ( as suggested by others) then why the hell he could not reach the compromise, What kind of negotiator was he that he couldn’t explain the ground realities to Drunk Yehya Khan? ZAB made Yehya to take all the decisions in favor of Bhuttooo…
Most importantly, ZAB claims that because the Tashqand accord is not in the favor of the country, HE walked out of from Ayoub’s cabinet… then WTH was he doing with Yehya… if he was not able to deliver !!!
The fact is ( and you may agree to that) his power-hunger nature is what fueled the situation, again his irresponsible behavior in UN and his vow to fight for 1000 years again proves that he was the man who spoke without keeping ground realities in mind…
To me he carries equal share along with Yehya and Mujeeb to break the country and that is only because he the GREAT ZAB wanted to be in power…
And once he was in Power.. he contd to show his incompetency and destroyed the economy… The Nationalization Policy alone was enough to throw Pakistan into stone-age… and to be honest, Pakistan has never re-covered from that shock… but yes.. he had big talks and thats all.. no relief to poor and common man in his 5/6 years… sugar crisis, price-hikes, Jiyalism and all other kind of corruption was the result of his five years in Power…