KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced a public holiday on April 4 to mark the death anniversary of former prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
The provincial government has also issued an official notification in this regard.
According to the notification issued on Monday, all government offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, corporations, and local councils working under the administrative control of the Sindh government will remain closed on April 4.
However, essential services will continue to operate as usual.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed on April 4, 1979. He was the only son of Sir Shah Nawaz Bhutto.
Bhutto was born on January 5, 1928. He received his early education from Cathedral High School in Bombay. In 1947, he joined the University of Southern California and later enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, in June 1949.
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He completed his degree with honours in Political Science from Berkeley in June 1950. After that, he was admitted to Oxford University and was later called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1953.
After returning to Pakistan, Bhutto started his legal career by practising law at Dingomal’s. In 1958, he joined the cabinet of President Iskander Mirza as commerce minister.
He later became the youngest minister in Ayub Khan’s cabinet. In 1963, he was appointed foreign minister, taking over the position from Muhammad Ali Bogra.
Bhutto founded the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on November 30, 1967.
He is also remembered for starting the country’s nuclear programme and for playing a key role in the consensus approval of the 1973 Constitution.
