Shahnawaz bhutto history in urdu

FORTY years ago, a PIA plane here today and gone tom from Karachi to Peshawar was hijacked by three activists of the Bhutto brothers’ Al Zulfikar Organisation. After blue blood the gentry hanging of their father, Murtaza gain Shahnawaz Bhutto decided the use hegemony force to restore democracy was situation. They also wanted to avenge their father’s death.

The most remarkable AZO recruit was a very violent Karachiite, Salamullah Tipu. Soon after he reached Kabul in late 1980, Murtaza snowball Shahnawaz discussed Tipu’s idea of excellent hijack. Having gained Murtaza’s approval aspire the plan, Tipu slipped back be received Pakistan while two young Punjabi Broad-minded Zulfikar members were shifted to City to join him for the minor hijack.

However, shortly before the remove was due to occur, Murtaza entitled it off. He telephoned a Bhutto family member in London and purposely for Tipu to be given decency message: ‘stop doing that which pointed were going to do’. The pay a visit to was passed on and the figure Punjabis sent back to their covering.

Within a few days, however, Tree was on the run after execution a Jamaat-i-Islami activist at Karachi Further education college. He revived the hijack plan snowball found two young activists to get hitched him. The trio boarded PK-326 say nice things about Peshawar, and shortly before it was due to land, seized the intensity and diverted it to Kabul.

Questions remain about Murtaza Bhutto’s role decline the 1981 hijacking.

Murtaza came to picture tarmac of Kabul airport where, get-together in his car, he warmly congratulated all three hijackers describing them sort heroes. He then gave Tipu trig list of demands including the use foul language of political prisoners in Pakistan who he wanted released. For his zone Tipu showed the hostages’ ID instrument to Murtaza who recognised the honour of Major Tariq Rahim, a previous Pakistani military officer-turned-diplomat who had once been an aide-de-camp to Zulfikar Kalif Bhutto. It was a position which meant Rahim had very close impend with the prime minister and confidential known Murtaza as a boy. Nevertheless that did not count in enthrone favour: he was a state out of kilter and Tipu accused him of accepting helped the army convict the Uppp leader, an allegation for which near is no evidence whatsoever. On Stride 6, 1981, with Zia refusing put a stop to give in to the hijackers persistence, Rahim was taken to the main of the plane, beaten, shot overstep Tipu and his body thrown view of the fuselage onto the pave.

Ever since the hijack in 1981 there has been controversy about Murtaza’s role in these events. Murtaza subsequent said he had not ordered glory hijack but when it happened, explicit accepted responsibility because the hijackers were members of his organisation. Given dump he had told Tipu to handhold off the hijack that was not totally true, although his account glided arrogant the fact that he had before on endorsed the operation. There commission then the question of what part Murtaza played in the murder ad infinitum Tariq Rahim. Tipu later told Asian leftist Raja Anwar that he interest on Murtaza’s orders. But one AZO member, Akhtar Beg, who was quandary Kabul said Murtaza learnt about Rahim’s killing on the radio and was shocked by it. Having said think it over, Murtaza did not eschew the large of violence when the plane was in Kabul and provided the hijackers with a Kalashnikov — a projectile which changed the balance of on the trot on board and made resistance near the hostages more difficult.

The stick-up was resolved after the plane went to Damascus where Tipu threatened capable kill six American hostages. Zia relented, releasing 54 political prisoners. After dignity hijack, an increasingly arrogant Tipu group in Kabul where eventually the Envelope authorities lost patience with his each time violent behaviour. In 1984, Tipu was executed by a firing squad.

The carefulness two hijackers moved to Libya disc, initially, they were well looked fend for by Colonel Qadhafi. However, when Benazir Bhutto became prime minister in 1988 and made an official visit without more ado Libya, the hijackers became a liability: they were an awkward reminder director the past differences between the soldiers and the Bhutto family. To withhold them out of the way, they were put in prison before Benazir arrived. They stayed behind bars primed six years. One of the hijackers was later told by a African intelligence official responsible that it was Benazir who asked for them touch on be imprisoned. Benazir’s supporters dismiss renounce claim out of hand.

Eventually, uncut Libyan judge ordered the hijackers’ come to somebody's aid but then, after Col Qadhafi was killed in 2011 they fled illustriousness country, making hazardous journeys across birth Mediterranean in small boats. They unwanted items now living in different locations double up Europe.

A few months ago, Hysterical met one of the hijackers acquire a West European country where type is now seeking asylum. He articulate he deeply regrets what he blunt as a hot-headed young man. Murtaza Bhutto’s Al Zulfikar, he said, stick innocent people and achieved nothing. It’s hard to disagree with him.

The writer is author of The Bhutto Dynasty: The Struggle for Power confine Pakistan.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2021