KARACHI:Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has paid glowing tribute to Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto on his 23rd martyrdom anniversary being observed tomorrow.
In his message on the day, the PPP Chairman said that Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto waged brave struggle against the dictator Zia and suffered heavily at the hands of the dictatorial forces. At a very young age his father Prime Minister Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged under a conspiracy plot woven by the dictator and a part of judiciary. This ilk continues to operate in different ways against the democratic forces to crush people’s will and real mandate, he stated.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari further said that Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto and his younger brother Shaheed Shahnawaz Bhutto were forced into exile and were hounded where ever they went finally being martyred at the hands of the dictator and his henchmen.
PPP Chairman said that his was the third generation of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s, which also continues to be the target of the remnants of tin-pot dictator Zia under the prolonged conspiracy. However, those inheriting Bhutto’s legacy won’t be silenced through gallows and guns or the modern ugly tactics and tools. So-called accountability for political engineering and mud-slinging against PPP leadership was the oft-repeated tool but it will fail again, he added.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari pointed out that Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto was killed under a “Kill A Bhutto to Get A Bhutto” plot to disclodge people’s government led by his sister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and initiate fabricated cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
He said that Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto will remain in our memories forever as an icon of bravery and democratic struggle adding that PPP would continue democratic and human rights of the people of Pakistan without any fear.