Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: ‘Democrat’-turned-dictator’s damage to Pakistan & India, and his tragic dynasty

[@suen3634]

As an Indian it is difficult to feel any sympathy for the Bhutto family.

[@srinisbir8781]

Shekhar missed out on an important point that Zulfiqar's mother was Hindu Gujarati, who converted to Islam before her marriage to Zulfiqar's dad.

[@youthink5552]

Love jihad

[@srinisbir8781]

@@youthink5552 it looks like that. Because her three brothers remained Hindus and fled to India after partition. She kinda sounds like Sharmila Tagore.

[@CD-123]

​@@srinisbir8781 jinnah himself was from a Hindu gujrati family, so was Iqbal, he was a kashmiri pundit, Abdullahs of Kashmir were Kauls not long ago....

[@surudog4929]

Tragic. She did one wasteful thing and her life changed for the worse.

[@thirdperson4705]

Why do you people think countries hostile to India spend so much on conversions in India?

[@arunkeepanasseril8524]

How many of you agree with me in that Shekhar should now on 'de-focus' from analyzing contemporary affairs and spend his energy on creating a series of videos on geopolitics and 20th century political history especially of the subcontinent? That will be a collector's item! He is at that stage in career with the wealth of knowledge and amazingly mature yet entertaining story telling skills. Moreover, he is at his best while doing these. There are many others in Print and beyond to do the mundane right now politics but none stands a shade in front of Shekhar in his strong domains. Truly remarkable!

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for your kind words, Arun. It's an interesting suggestion and it is in fact something I have been considering. Thank you for writing in...stay well and best wishes, Shekhar

[@AnirudhPsychPixel]

The first step in any long-term conflict is to understand the enemy well. Mr. Gupta is doing a great service by educating the younger generation of India about Pakistan's polity and history. Education might also elicit empathy for your enemy, which I feel will be the most important step in crushing the worst part of your adversary while retaining the good.

[@1008apocalypse1008]

Another important detail: Zulfikar Bhutto was born to Hindu mother.

[@1008apocalypse1008]

@Football-Pundit He was born to a Hindu mother, went to Christian convents in Mumbai for schooling, attended British and American universities but still carried immense hatred for India and Hindus in particular. Nothing can pacify an Islamist, nothing can quench their thirst for blood.

[@AnirudhPsychPixel]

​@Abhinav he was a politician and a populist who was highly educated. Anti-India rhetoric made him and his family very rich and gave his dynasty immense power. Sure, he was an Islamist, but that was not the only factor here. If you think in absolutes and dismiss the motives of an impactful historical figure with a single word/ideology, you will miss out on the nuances of the situation. Which in turn will give you zero insights that might have provided a strategic edge.

[@1008apocalypse1008]

@@AnirudhPsychPixel It's hard to believe that he was primarily driven by political and financial motives. You are insisting that he was trying to gain popularity and legitimacy by coming across anti-Hindu/anti-India. Similar, arguments can be extended to Jinnah, Zia, Musharaff, etc. At the same time, lndian left insists that the Pakistani people are pluralistic and open minded and it's the politicians who are to be blamed. I think both Pakistani populace as well as their leaders have harbored extreme Hindu hatred irrespective of their financial background, education and upbringing. I hope we are not missing forest for the trees.

[@prophet1782]

@@1008apocalypse1008 ...Really ?? First i heard.

[@avibanerjee96]

Albert Einstein by 1905, he was only 25 years old, had changed the world! Far more than any politician

[@jimmylee1273]

Is it fair to compare a scientist with a politician? Its just like comparing chess player with a soccer player. 2 different ball games altogether

[@financialninja3180]

One thing that SG missed was that Benazir Bhutto and her husband got Murtuza Bhutto killed. She was the PM at the time and Murtuza was challenging her politically. It was never proven but Murtuzas daughter Fatima openly says that it was her aunt who got her father killed!

[@dandmello5283]

A very good 👍 point Well informed

[@AbdulRaheem-tx2zo]

Misleading and biased and bases on thrown perceptions

[@Baba26023]

Karma

[@saqib3s]

Thank you Shakher, even as a Pakistani I didn't know that much about Bhutto.

[@sauravpaul1075]

Wow a fellow soulsborne fan from other side.

[@saqib3s]

@@sauravpaul1075 Yes sir, tired of listening to Godi media, so sometimes it is good to listen to sane voices from India.

[@abhaypratapsingh9277]

​@@saqib3s dude idhar unhe koi nahi dekhta....Unki target audience 50+ age group wale hai....Vahi dekhte hai....Baki log meme template nikalne ke liye dekhte hai

[@thejackalhound]

Pakistan has always been a nation formed FOR THE ELITE, BY THE ELITE & OF THE ELITE...AND THE POOR & ORDINARY PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS THE GHULAM OF THE ELITE😅😅🤣🤣

[@srijibmondal4045]

Atta nahi mila kya 😂

[@ashwinikandlikar7332]

Wonderful CTC episode. I legit thought you would end it with that hilarious anecdote about Bhutto that I read in Tilak Devasher’s book. When his opponents ridiculed him for his love for alcohol, he said in a rally “ Yes I drink alcohol .. but you drink the blood of people”… to which the crowd yelled “Jiye Bhutto… Piye Bhutto”!! Cracks me up every time I hear this!

[@jaybee2402]

For those of us who don't speak much outside English... could you explain what Jiye means? 😁

[@ThePrintIndia]

There are many such anecdotes about him. It's difficult to know what is authentic or folklore or urban legend. I'm more inclined to believe even this one is folklore...at least the second part, which is supposedly the crowd response. However, Bhutto was quite a colourful and lively speaker and often used expletives. I think if you Google, you will find some of the speeches on KZbin. Thank you for writing in, Ashwini...best wishes, SG

[@masterhind2036]

@@jaybee2402 basically "Long live Bhutto, long drink Bhutto"

[@thejackalhound]

Pakistan has always been a nation formed FOR THE ELITE, BY THE ELITE & OF THE ELITE...AND THE POOR & ORDINARY PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS THE GHULAM OF THE ELITE😅😅🤣🤣

[@rajhsalgam2083]

Whatever Bhutto drank, he did insult everyone with his intoxicating arrogance and ordered political opponents murders. General Zia bore the brunt but when the opportunity came he did send him to the gallows! The English have a saying: We mustn’t cheat the Hangman 😊

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

Bhutto was never a democrat, in any sense of the world. He was a creation of Ayub; was the right hand man of Yahya; was instrumental in preventing a rapprochement with Bangabandhu, there by leading to the 71 War; after which he appointed Tikka Khan, the butcher of Dhaka to manage Balochistan, which then created an insurgency there; used brutal violence to suppress the Pakhtun Awami League (led by KAGK's son); brought in laws that excluded Ahmadis.

[@prophet1782]

In other words Bhutto was a puppet. All Pak PM's are.

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Never mind @Print see democrats everywhere except PM Modi, Hindus & BJP ;))!!

[@Bunnybunny-pq2qp]

I think the title went over your head then because there is a reason why democrat is in quotes. Quotes are also used to indicate sarcasm in writing for example: you are a 'genius'.

[@AbdulRaheem-tx2zo]

Bhutto really democratic and Awami leader

[@muhammadzia9064]

I sincerely believe this man actually reaped what he sowed.

[@frauyodortmund]

excatly, the Bhuttos and the PPP are the worst thing to happen to Pakistan but anyways who cares Pakistan is a failed state

[@mohammadibrahimmir8367]

Don't worry your name "zia" speaks for your insane mentality.

[@thejackalhound]

Pakistan has always been a nation formed FOR THE ELITE, BY THE ELITE & OF THE ELITE...AND THE POOR & ORDINARY PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS THE GHULAM OF THE ELITE😅😅🤣🤣

[@pam4840]

Sad we couldn't doba complete pop transfer india would have been far more peaceful

[@AbdulRaheem-tx2zo]

Means... ,?

[@lordanubysh]

I would have thought that the second most powerful dynasty in the subcontinent was sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s dynasty

[@rutvikrs]

I think the metric here is geopolitical influence.

[@Employer101]

I have been watching shekharji since 2012. It was my first year of undergrad that i started watching you. You are a gift to the nation. Thank you for your service shekharji.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for your kind words, my young friend. And thank you also for your contribution...keep watching and keep writing in, best wishes, Shekhar

[@SJ00889]

The fundamental issue is Muslims of sub-continent seems to hate the land they were born. Bhutto and Jinnah are simply symptoms of wider malaise. A Muslim can be communist/liberal/democrat/atheist but will always be a Hindu baiter. Faiz Ahmed Faiz is a prime example of that.

[@Medleri]

Very well observed. Those who were not loyal to India and moved to Pakistan, are now not loyal even to their adopted land.

[@randmht9976]

Exactly , and this hates originates from the Brainwa-shing techniques in Islam & from the fundamentals in Quran.

[@frauyodortmund]

100% true

[@MM-qs7qd]

This is not at all true. The biggest worry of Muslims of indian subcontinent since 1857 was to be recognized as equal sons of the land by the majority. Jinnah, Johar, Iqbal and even Sirsyed started as leaders of hindu-muslim unity but were dismayed and forced to change paths.

[@Medleri]

@@MM-qs7qd not really. Muslims had no problems as long as they were rulers in the subcontinent and free to oppress and convert non-Muslims. The moment they had to live as equals in a one person one vote democracy they wanted out. Now they have their own land where they are free to oppress Shias, Ahmedis and any remaining Sikhs and Hindus. They even create new minorities to fulfill their need for oppression. Soon Deobandis, Barelvis, Wahhabis, Salafis etc will fight it out to decide who becomes the new minority.

[@parvadhami980]

8:23 the thing is that the so called Islamic Civilization got defeated by Hindu, Jewish and Christians.😢

[@zaidmohammad7288]

"Islamic Civilization" did not get defeated by Hindus, Jews or even Christians. It was the secularists that created the industrial revolution in Europe and allowed European domination over the Muslim world, giving power, education and weaponry to Hindus and Jews that allowed them to rise over the Muslims. We have not done well since, but as you know the present day isn't an indication for the future. I don't think we should however envision a polarized world in a growing globalized world where every side claims human ethics.

[@JohnSmith-vn8dm]

I don't think you can characterize a civilization by religion. Because all religions change over time. Civilizations are geographic and not religious in my view. Pakistan's mistake was thinking that religion and an external enemy of their own making was enough to create a functioning state.

[@randmht9976]

@@zaidmohammad7288 he taking a jab at Buslims for thier retarded approach of conflating everything with izlum.

[@vivekanandholla6730]

I feel in some ways, though Bhutto showed himself to be a liberal, he sowed the seeds of an Islamic policy that Zia literally took it to another level, making the current Pakistan what it is. Thank you for the video

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for watching, my friend, and you do make an interesting point. Thank you also for your faith and support...Warmest best wishes, SG

[@masud892]

In Greek tragedy a tragic character is one who is wronged and deserves sympathy. Mr. Bhutto is not a tragiic character. He was a criminal and sinner on millions of East Pakistani people including some West Pakistanis. He was not the majority leader but coveted to become the PM of a truncated Pakistan. This was his 1st crime. The genocide of 1971 was his sin. He paid for this partially.

[@youthink5552]

Zulfiqar Bhutto was responsible for killing thousands of Hindus in Sindh through religious rioting. He started with K2 idea , later his daughter continued with similar Hindu killings and promised 1000 year war against Hindus. Bilawal continues with similar attacks on Hindus but now there are few left. He however fears that INDIA of now is being run on Veer Savarkar ideology and that retaliation against attacks on 🇮🇳 will be bigger and worse.

[@abbasjillani6079]

What riots in Sindh there is no Muslims hindu riots history in sindh

[@youthink5552]

@@abbasjillani6079 rioting where Hindus are blamed for blasphemy and then one sided killing of Hindus, rape of women and destruction of temple was promoted by Bhutto’s

[@abbasjillani6079]

When this happen in Sindh and how many hindus are killed don't lie you Hindus always speak lie and please give me riots date and year

[@lightyork8268]

In Sindh most sindhis including Hindus vote for PPP.The politics in Sindh is not hindu vs Muslim but Sindhi vs Urdu speaking muhajirs

[@youthink5552]

@@lightyork8268 no amount of denial of enslavement , rape and conversion of young girls by radical mullahs like Mia mittu and hundreds like him shows how bad the plight of Hindus is

[@temp2691]

SG sir,my two year old American daughter calls you “Seekkaar”😅 … I am so glad there are KZbin video’s about India’s History and someone old/ wise like you can dispense this wisdom and new generations can absorb this information! Truly blessed for The Prints journalism! God Bless 😊 I am a Tamilian - We technically lost lands , of the scale of size similarly of the likes of Bhutto’s - but typical of North India - they ignored multiple mutinies - no digital / print / social media stories here of South Indian sacrifices. The Punjabi/Sindhi/ Jats think they are bigger than others in India etc. Belive me that is not the case - all the above guys made noise 😅except people like us and multiple others !😢😊 Freaking no stories on South Indian sacrifices 😊 Jai Hind !

[@GururajBN]

I have heard a young NRI boy pronounce Brahma as Braama, Shiva as seeva! Parents should train them to learn about India and Hinduism correctly, provided the parents know something about both!

[@sai_clops6745]

When did you lose your land sir.? And where did you lose them.?

[@mehmeetdhar7618]

Where did you lose ? I dont remember tamil nadu being bifurcated like Punjab and Bengal. Tamilians are literally the cry babies and victim mentality and think they are the ones running this country. Shutup

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you very much, my best wishes to your daughter. You make a very good point on history. The South's contribution has not been fully acknowledged, possibly also because the capital is so far in the north. In ThePrint, however, we are rectifying this in our own small way. Please do track the series of columns that Anirudh Kanisetti is writing. You can find them here: theprint.in/author/anirudh-kanisetti/

[@hassanusmani9321]

Super Vlog. Very balanced and unbiased analysis of the Bhutto Dynasty.

[@vish3161]

Pity he didn't last another decade. He would have broken up west Pakistan as well ..

[@randmht9976]

🤣 yes , quite sad . Now we need Imran khan to finish his unfinished job. I really hope Imran Khan becomes PM.

[@shubhamsharma8867]

Their economy was doing good because they had american dollars coming in not because they were a free economy.

[@tvpuram]

american dollars started coming after the Afghan invasion by USSR only

[@Medleri]

Correct but SG is a great admirer of Pakistan and it's army, so I guess he gives it some undeserved credit. Even this claim of ending feudalism and building up Pakistan by Bhutto to be taken with a pinch of salt. Bhutto did neither.

[@aprofromuk]

he is funded by isi :)

[@tvpuram]

@@Medleri it is true that until Zia took over they were doing good, even better in some key indicators compared to India. Zia and his islamika film took that country back, a lesson India should keep in the mind

[@Medleri]

@@tvpuram they were doing well before and during Zia and even later during Musharaf's time. However the reason remained the same, due to American and later Chinese largesse. There is this tendency to blame Zia for everything, forgetting that the very genesis of Pakistan was based on Islamika film, as you put it. To the extent that the Bengali majority seceded from Pakistan fearing that their culture would be wiped out. By the time Zia came he could easily impose his Islamika film because the audience was ready and receptive. Let's not forget that sectarianism has a long history starting from the formation of the Muslim League which preceded the Hindu Mahasabha. As for India, it doesn't have any lessons to learn from Pakistan. Both countries are poles apart with the kind of radicalisation impossible in India, just as is martial law and the physical elimination of any religious group.

[@dandmello5283]

👌superb news & True analysis from Shekarji.. the Seasoned Young Journalist of my childhood 1980's day's It's great listening to you Too Sir ❤ OLD IS GOLD that's what my teacher taught me in 1980's Shall wait and still waiting for it will surely one DAY come to pass

[@MukeshFactzMashup]

The only channel to provide information with General knowledge 👍

[@rutvikrs]

I thought the German shepherd did that 😢

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

You mean this channel provides Nehruvian/Marxist knowledge that brought the nation to insolvency ;))??!!

[@dandmello5283]

Excellent newspaper days of 1980's editorial journalism.. A Class a part!! India 🇮🇳 Its great re visiting and listening again

[@vl85]

Thanks shekhar for nailing this fact that it was zulfiqar bhutto who was the archirech in breaking pakistan , he did much more harm to subcontinent than zia even

[@ankurkumarrai2521]

Hadd hai.... Muslim hai isliye phle usko Democrat bana diye shekharji..... Bhuto was never any kind of democrat

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Hindu-stan tang aa chuka hai in congressi darbaari media se!!

[@dr.rajeevbhattacharya3244]

Shekhar Gupta is a perfect example of someone who gets promoted above one's ability and work, and thus, starts believing in one's propaganda.

[@bkk5153]

Shekhar Gupta and The Print's love and admiration for special community of India extends to outside India as well. Hindus are being forcibly stopped from celebrating their festivals, from Bengal to Bihar to Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi. but not a chirp from Shekhar Gupta !!!

[@rustomkanishka]

The persecution complex is strong in you, isn't it, jackass?

[@satadruray9787]

What a stupid thing to say. It's better to keep quiet if you have nothing worthwhile to speak about

[@DineshSharma07]

Fully agreed. I was thinking in this direction since long, but you gave the words to my thinking.

[@Wiintb]

Lot of people left lasting legacies even before they were 30. For example, Adi Sanakara, Swami Vivekananda. What was your first question? Why does one have to be 51 to achieve some thing. Why so late?

[@pikachu-vx2wk]

Muhammad bin qasim

[@abdussalamsookia]

Bhutto was the main person responsible for the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, by declaring them non Muslims. Hundreds of Ahmadis have been killed as a result. Today Ahmadis have no religious rights in Pakistan.

[@abdussalamsookia]

@@abhi565b It shows your ignorance about Islam.

[@ssm7593]

​@@abdussalamsookia Ahmadi Muslims and Nirankari Sikhs have similar story search about Nirankari Sikhs

[@MegaBaddog]

​@@abhi565b shias have a special hatred of ahmedis , becuase Ali and karbala lie was exposed by them

[@MegaBaddog]

shias have a special hatred of ahmedis , becuase Ali and karbala lie was exposed by them

[@abdussalamsookia]

@@ssm7593 It seems that their aim is also to revive the faith and bring it back to the way of their founder.

[@dhanjeepandey4252]

Sir you are greatest expert on PAKISTAN.... NIce one...❤❤❤

[@backwardsymbol9538]

Always appreciate guptaji's analysis on Pakistan. I would love to see a 2 hour podcast discussing Pakistan by shekar, especially with a Pakistani host/guest.

[@ajmersingh3043]

@Football-Pundit Pakistan and Pakistanis will never stop hating India because for Islam to survive it needs to hate to hide its own failures.

[@ThePrintIndia]

It's certainly an interesting idea...thank you for writing in. Best wishes, Shekhar

[@talhatahir9168]

@Football-Pundit this is not an option. the prosperity of Pakistan is not related to India. Pakistan has good relations with China who is 100x times stronger than India militariliy and economically we have not benefited from them than what will we benefit by opening trade with india this is also liberal propaganda in pakistan that is permeating but the reality is india has nothing offer. It is india who wants peace

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

@@talhatahir9168 BS!! At best, Pakistanis are destined to eat rotten bacon crumbs thrown at them by their Chinese & American masters ;))!!

[@advaithrajendra]

So when SG asks us those teaser questions in the beginning does he really not know that we have just read the title of the video and then clicked on it and now we're being asked to guess the title of the video 😅😅😅 It makes an interesting introduction but he asks with such a straight face it's almost as if the editor doesn't let him know what's actually happening 😂😂😂

[@ThePrintIndia]

I take your point, but I can't give you a video without a headline and a visual . This is a way of setting up a complex issue in an interesting way. For example, I don't think most people know that Bhutto was a civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator. That is a rarest of rare species. Thank you for watching, and for your support...best wishes, Shekhar

[@mrjessar786]

Wow finally find a person who can describe the issues of subcontinent in an unbiased way. No doubt that Bhutto Sahb was a great leader and he had better vision and idea for the future of Pakistan. Pakistan could be different if he ruled more.

[@srjoy7410]

Dear Mr. Gupta: Q2. Yes. There was another instance. In Bangladesh. Following the assassination of our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after the second coup d'état, the Chief Justice ASM Sayem was made the CMLA on Nov 6, 1975. After the third coup d'état the following day, the new military ruler General Zia kept Justice Sayem as the (titular) CMLA and President and (Zia) himself took the designation of Deputy CMLA. The arrangement continued till April of 1977 when when Zia officially assumed the designations/positions of President and CMLA. One correction on another topic. Gen Iskander Mirza was from west pakistan. He coerced Fazlul Huq to certify him as a Bangalee by way of being a descendant of Mir Zafar. He got that certification to bypass the erstwhile power sharing arrangement between the two wings of Pakistan by which, each wing had the position of GovGen/President and PM shared between them. After getting the certification, President Gen Mirza could bypass the power sharing arrangement and appoint someone from the West wing as the PM. This move triggered or enabled a series of events leading up to 1971. Now, a Quiz for you Dear Mr. Shekhar Gupta. Who did Gen Mirza made his PM? the answer would intrigue you for sure. P.S. Simply love your shows. What a beautiful and stimulating addition to our highly cluttered digital lives. Please do keep up the good work. Love from Bangladesh.

[@BaddamPhaniReddy]

Wow, great information. I never knew all this. Thank you.

[@shehzadshah4104]

You are likely exaggerating his impact. He wasn't primarily responsible for the break-up of Pakistan, though he played a critical role. The Pakistani economy grew strongly in the early 60s, but it was very unequal growth, and it stalled after the 65' war, which Bhutto played a part in instigating. When Bhutto came to power in end 71', the Pk economy was moribund, and he made it worse. However, your thesis is correct. He caused far more damage than benefit, and the greatest harm was in choosing not to make Pakistan a welfare state, dedicated to improving the lives of Pakistanis. He had the ability and capacity, and he had the opportunity which no civilian leader has had since, because he could've settled Kashmir at Simla by accepting LoC as the border, and made permanent peace with India. He had the best cover to do this also, the army leadership was entirely discredited, and had just signed an unconditional surrender, so he could've easily blamed them for leaving no other option. But for Bhutto the welfare of Pakistanis was just convenient rhetoric. His true compass was always power, power untrammeled and absolute, for himself first, and for his family to follow.

[@Srini023]

Shekhar ji, May I suggest you add 'downward spiral of Afghanistan' in his list of achievements. ZA Bhutto was the father of Pakistan's policy of 'physical' strategic depth (to quote Christine Fair) aka forward policy. During his time ISI assets were ordered/committed to conduct covert operations inside Afghanistan and to support islamist in Afghanistan. It was also during his time that training camps were first started to train Afghan islamist. All this was in the early 1970s during Daoud Khan's time, long before the soviets intervened. I also suggest, Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed is a great resource to do a 'walk the talk' on anything about Pakistan from the last 100 years.

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you very much, you make a very sound point. I plan to reach Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed very soon. Thank you for watching...best wishes, Shekhar

[@Dr.Sahil55996]

Very informative. Thanku sir.

[@sarvajeetmukherjee3290]

... a ideology that requires hatred for the 'other' as its primal reason to thrive , cannot survive . Hitler went down . Germany went down with him too . Bhutto used the same strategy, albeit using a different 'other' , in this case India . He met a brutal end , and by the time he was gone , the seed of hatred had been so deeply sown , especially in Pakistan that no other leader of Pakistan can get out of that quagmire. It is sad and extremely painful to see a nation go down into turmoil. As a human being , i cannot find this to be any cause for enjoyment. As an Indian, i am worried. A Nation at our border, which has multiple factions fighting each other, each having virulent hatred for India, is indeed a cause to be worried about . That Pakistan is a nuclear power possessing nuclear bombs terrifies me , especially if we consider the scenario of internal conflicts propelling the nation towards a civil war . Hatred is terrible. A political ideology based on hatred is terrifying. During the last days of the Battle of Berlin , Adolf Hitler sat in the Fuhrer Bunker planning imaginary offensives by SS divisions that were already decimated, either by the Red Army or by the Americans and British armies approaching from the West . Once he came to terms with reality , he planned his suicide ( he was too afraid to be caught by the Red Army or even his own civilians. He was aware of the fate of Mussolini) . Even at that point , he decided that as he was going down , he would take Berlin down with him too . It is indeed a stroke of luck that he did not have a single nuclear weapon ... Thanks again Sir for your beautiful presentation of history. It is as if , i can see the events play out before my eyes ...

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

The "other" were & are Hindus, NOT just India!! This has been going on with Pakistanis & their mentality against Hindus & India since 1200 years!!

[@Sumitdasgupta2]

What an analysis! You are incredible! I wish the current journalism was even 1/3rd of what you deliver!

[@trs-therightsound3486]

Shekarji asking questions with answer in the title of the episoce is like one of the cute teachers in the school, who use to ask tough questions in the exam and at the same time leniently let student cheat a bit :)

[@meetadi4u]

Pakistan should be left out of CTC and we should focus on economy , development and our systemic challenges. Talking about Pakistan is gloating that you barely passed and humiliating a fail mark student.

[@14nilayghalsasi43]

I can't possibly believe that nothing in Indian politics seems cut the clutter worthy to SG sir... His silence on recent crackdown on opposition is baffling... I have not seen a single CTC in about 2-3 months where in SG has analyszed something which is not in the favour of the government... I just feel that on the name of geopolitics and diplomacy SG is shying away from national politics, state politics, political economy and other important topics.

[@tt703]

Bhutto was a man of a thousand contradictions and a hypocrite, as all Communists are. He spoke of democracy but to date he is the only civilian martial law administrator of the country. He wanted land reform for large land holders but not for himself. He wanted to uplift the poor but he destroyed our economy by nationalizing (stealing) our most productive industries. Even today, we suffer the scourge of his family and spawn who are very powerful. Bhutto killed Pakistan before it even had a chance to prosper.

[@gopalsivakumar3394]

Excellent narration. I enjoyed it and learnt much

[@paddysubramaniam1481]

Well it was Bhutto who famously said "if it comes to that we will eat grass but we will still make the nuclear bomb". Today pakistanis can't even afford grass !!!

[@shahbazsaroa2709]

Excellent Vlog. About Mr.Bhutto personality n his achievements

[@paddysubramaniam1481]

It is funny when you say "Pak general was under house arrest". Blame the harem for that !!!😄😄

[@Ram78979]

Good to see you on TVO!

[@nitovatorsnitj]

ZA Bhutto was one of the sharpest and most shrewd politicians in Indian sub-continent!!

[@joshua_ch]

The Israeli-Arab war and later the Arab oil embargo were a huge shock to the world economy. Oil prices rose almost 10x. The nationalization of many sectors was done because the terms of trade had become too adverse and the sovereign alone had the borrowing capacity to keep things running. Pakistan actually did quite well in 70s despite nationalizing several parts of the economy as they got initial trade and investment benefits of Arab wealth. India unfortunately did not have such rich friends and was too big for such largesse to make a difference. If one looks at India's economic history, the 70s are the toughest decade for India with three years of gdp contraction. The emergency and the Janata Party collapse were a botched political response to a very severe economic shock. We had a lost decade in the 70s , Latin America had two lost decades from around '75 to '95. That pushed those economies to all sorts of hare brained left/socialist economics we saw in Venezuela or Mexico or milder version in Brazil. One of the most consequential decades, policy makers should study that time period carefully as we might be in for a similar era of shocks..

[@ThePrintIndia]

These are very interesting arguments which I shall keep in mind as more related subjects come up. There are areas where our socialism was as bad as Latin America, if not worse. Indira Gandhi, for example, had taken the top tax rate to 97%. Pakistan's massive nationalisation was carried out very early in 1972, which was much before the Yom Kippur War and the oil shock. Pakistan had an open economy till 1971 and Zia began to reopen in stages what Bhutto had closed. More than under Bhutto, Pakistan got help from the West and Gulf under Zia, especially after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which coincided with the hanging of Bhutto. Thank you for writing in, and for your faith and support...warmest wishes, SG

[@sunilkumargarg9676]

The difference is in the people & not as much in politicians.

[@jagdishramanathan2091]

in factan American scribe had written a book on times around yom kippur war .Sadat wanted opec to be bargain tool against Europe but not against America and Gaddafi insisted that Europe will welcome all jihadis . They are suffering for that mistake .

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

Even after 44 years of his death the ghost of great Bhutto still haunts India because Raw favorite journalist Gupta is doing show still show how great Bhutto was who is thorn Indias eye even today

[@anikasrivastava3320]

Haunt India???? Just in which way......

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

@@anikasrivastava3320 then what was need of doing show on men who has been dead from last 44 years strange it's shows that men's ghost still haunts India

[@anikasrivastava3320]

@@HassanAli-xl8kr dude..... Search his previous videos; He always make such type of video on political personalities of both side

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

@@anikasrivastava3320 he only have made videos previously on Bhutto and Sharif other wise he doesn't go out India

[@anikasrivastava3320]

@@HassanAli-xl8kr he does..... Check out his video on Indian politicians

[@a141tho2]

No Bhutto isn't the political family which suffered the most in subcontinent, it is the family of sheikh mujib which was wiped out barring his daughters.

[@AbdulRaheem-tx2zo]

Bhutto was more visionary than mujeed

[@rizkhan3368]

Bhutto family has been wiped out as well now, he was no hero Broke Pakistan and ruined Pakistans economy

[@manjesh78]

You are the only one who says pakistans economy was doing well in 60s.....they have always earned through easr pakistan and then lived of aid from usa gulf and money sent by workers from gulf

[@rutvikrs]

There is some truth to it because they created two waves of industrialists in the 60's and 80's. Japs, Koreans and Europe also benefitted in a similar equation.

[@MegaBaddog]

hindu ingrates also go tere for jobs

[@chaimfood3006]

Greetings from Pakistan sir, excellent analysis Regards sohaib

[@tapemaj]

In fact , the imposing Jinnah house on Malabar hill , Mumbai was being eyed by late Zulfi Bhutto to house Pakistan deputy high commission . Late Indira Gandhi shot down the proposal forthwith !

[@stealph51]

Any Pakistanis in the comments? What do you guys think of legacy of the likes of Ayub, Bhutto, Zia and Musharraf? And does history textbooks in your country represent these events in honest way?

[@avendrasingh2935]

Amazing video SG sir as always

[@roobanloganathan6498]

How come you left out his part in starting the Khalistan movement as revenge . He wanted to take Punjab from India to pay back for the loss of East Pakistan.

[@ganeshc6625]

He literally cut the clutter mean I'm 19 and I Google Shekhar gupta I mean the best journalist wow great work.

[@sankalp6872]

What a privilege it is to know the history of our great neighbor. Except for Daniel Alexander, nobody cares about Pak anymore. That's something considering nobody cares about Daniel Alexander. A former Pak general even expressed fear that his country would become a footnote in the India chapter. The difference between our economies is a multiple of 10 and Kohli's spectacles cost more than Pak's whole cricket league.

[@aksshiv7843]

But... Our pakiphiles like shekar & co will keep the Paki flame burning by giving the loosers airtime. He could have done any episode today, but he chose the Paki Dynasty, and didn't add anything new that most dint know already

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Except for Nehruvian/Marxists,Islamic's in India & ..Daniel Alexander.. you could say...

[@Lost_boy_Lucky]

Thank you shekhar sir

[@monishkapur945]

SHEKHAR WHY IS AN INTELLIGENT MAN LIKE YOU WASTING YOU IMPORTANT TIME ON A RODENT LIKE BHUTTO. SERIOUSLY YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO WASTE YOUR ON THIS MINISCULE FOOL.

[@rahulsaini5596]

Because his boss want indians to be scared of modi. What Bhutto did to pakis , his boss thinks that modi is doing to us. Acc to some internationalist like him hindu nationalism or indian nationalism is bad so we should stick to some better party like congress.

[@prateekdeoli1552]

Leave Pak to Pak !

[@harshvardhanmaurya7158]

Why say no to some comedy?

[@prateekdeoli1552]

@@harshvardhanmaurya7158 😅

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

But Congressi Darbaari media love the peaceful & Pakistanis ;))!!

[@1008apocalypse1008]

Another important detail: Zulfikar Bhutto was born to Hindu mother.

[@Divineenergy551]

A list of others you may have interested in 1 Yahya khan 2.Abdul Hamid Khan 3.Tika Khan 4. Zia-ul-Haq 5.Mirza Aslam Baig 6 Parwez Musharaff 7.Parwez Kayani 8 General Bazwa. Hamid Gul, Notorious ISI chief, There are many more, list is only indicative, there are many Pakistani Heros for your liking, explore and enjoy.

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Exactly!! Idiots & Marxists are so much interested in these Jihadis that it's unbelievable!!

[@indermohansinghmalhotra3730]

Just 1 question, Shekhar, if you will speculate a little; could Bhutto have unleashed a nuclear exchange, had he lived? I think he was the quintessential political rogue who never set any red lines!

[@9487087496]

Shekarji, if you read " Roses in December" by renowned Mumbai H.C judge M.C Chagla Your opinion with regards to Bhutto will change.

[@prophet1782]

Give details

[@craumm]

No! Pakistan episode again 😞

[@surajs5913]

8:29 great to see SG use the appropriate synonymn for "islamist" - as in "secular" - to describe zulfikar bhutto...

[@venugopal5746]

Telugu states deserve a cut the clutter episode... There is a lot going on...please do consider sir

[@ThePrintIndia]

Thank you for writing in, Venugopal. I will certainly look into this...best wishes, SG

[@siddhanti]

You forgot to mention that in 1973, he gave a Constitution to Pakistan which is holding good even now.

[@shrikantjoshi867]

What you should have also mentioned that he wanted citizenship of India. He withdrew that application almost after 10 years. Please check and talk about it.

[@rhs8874]

Nice snow job on Junagarh Shekhar! And someday the Bangladeshis will also wake up to what really happened during 1971 and discover the truth.

[@akshaysingan8436]

Excellent example of everything that can go wrong in a politician is the story of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Till date his family continues his great legacy of being as dumb as dumb can get.

[@vargavvaradwaj4064]

Mainstream national politics is missing for quite sometime now Sir… we miss your cut the clutter on it…

[@agonnoga6100]

@SG Several Bengalis were PM and president of Pakistan. Problem was Mujibur's 6 points which meant two countries under one flag. This is why West Pakistan opposed Mujibur and the military crackdown in East Pakistan which led to a 9 months bloody Civil War culminating in the Pakistan army's humiliating defeat and birth of Bangladesh. Ironically, the condition of Sindh is not very different from East Bengal. It too has large economy with next to zero presence in the Pak army.

[@pradhyudh]

Thoughtful observation

[@poetryurdu3417]

Thanks Shehkar sahab for your thoughts, Most of it is fair except that 1965 war not a result of Kashmir dispute rather it was to avoid or release the pressure from America on Pakistan to take part in Vietnam war, Pakistan got stuck between rock n a hard place , in the wake of U2 downing in 1960 and latter the rise of hard-line communist like Beerznev to power Pakistani foreign policy makers got baffled, this was in that confusion that the decision to open a limited conflict with India was conceived and implemented, this is in short , you may carry out your own research, will wait to see your deliberations

[@lightyork8268]

Shekharji missed another very important legacy of Bhutto -he recognised his mother tongue Sindhi as an official language of Pakistan along with Urdu and the only official language of Sindh and hence the eternal vote bank for the Bhutto family in Sindh .And if ever Pakistan comes out of its fixation with religion and it's linguistic politics become supreme,you will need to thank Zulfiqar for that too.

[@kumarm5961]

Nice informative video sir

[@Study4Exam.]

I appreciate all Shekhar’s work But there is more things going on in the country than Punjab and Neighbouring states of Delhi More than Pakistan in our neighbourhood.

[@RAVU514]

Please make a program on exmuslim momentum activits such as SACHWALAJI SAMEER JI SAMEERJI ADAMJI AND SAHILJI BECAUSE these are the only hope to save India from becoming another Pakistan

[@ranaahmad2781]

With all the flaws, he and his daughter ( benazir bhutto shaheed) could have changed the history of Pakistan, had they not faced tragic and sudden deaths

[@politicalwisdom8365]

whether democrat or not , he was a genius and a person born in centuries

[@ZeeshaanBukhari22]

I agreed sir ZAB was one of the main culprit for the fall of East Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@AskaniBalochScandinevia]

Of being Sindi he thought with this anti India policy will make it easier for Punjabi elite and their army to accept him but he was wrong the punjabi elite and their generals destroyed him and his whole family. Punjabi army will never give up the pwr.

[@VijeDerm]

Sg fantastic and very important perspective

[@Samir12357]

Well zulfikar bhutto has an interesting connection to Nepal as well. After his assassination some students were protesting against it in front of Pakistan Embassy and Coincidenctly king birendra happen to passing through that way. So the police beat and cleared the protest which caused the protest to escalate further in the valley and eventually country wide large protest well held which demanded multiparty system. So the king did negotiations and did an referendum for the people to choose between multiple party system or the old partyless panchayat system. Unfortunately the multiple party system got only 45 % of the total vote ( many believe not enough people voted). But these protests built the road and confidence upon which in 1990 ( just ten years after the referendum) the 1st jana aandolan ( 1st mass movement) took place.

[@sandeepvadera9453]

Enjoyed the content. Shekhar ji needs to do something about his excessive hand movements though..

[@srikanthan1000]

He actually seems to have helped India in the long run. His policies led to Pakistanis long term downfall which we r witnessing now. I can’t even imagine the trouble and nuisance value they would have been for us if they had become an economically strong country by following sane economic and administrative policies. As they stand today they r no where comparable to us on any level : economic , technological or on any other parameter. But even in this miserable beggar status they still receive support of countries like Turkey , Azerbaijan and others. Can u imagine the headache they would be if they had any kind of economic strength ?! Most countries would prefer to be neutral between India and Pakistan even if our grievances against them had substance as no one would want to side with one party and lose economic opportunities in the other. Pakistan could play whatever nonsense terrorist games they wanted to against us and v wouldn’t have anyone supporting us unlike today. Imagine Pakistan becoming a Singapore or Malaysia ?! Would have been Impossible to get anyone to support us against them unlike today. And countries which r against our rise and make use of Pakistan for this purpose could use Pakistan much more effectively as compared to now. Which is y I think the Aman ki asha types r the most dangerous characters as they want Pakistan to use the peace to grow stronger economically. Nothing could be more dangerous for us in the long term. No , I think Pakistani leaders like Bhutto, Zia did us a great favour by creating a train wreck out of Pakistan with their jihadi policies. Today even Afghans have started cocking their noses at them and respecting us. All thanks to these jihadi politicians that helmed Pakistan and continue to do so. May their reign continue and destroy Pakistan completely. All v need to do is sit back and watch. Just never agree to any peace offer whether from Pakistan or from our Aman ki Asha brigade. That is the only real danger. Otherwise just let them destroy themselves and v won’t have to lift a finger.

[@rka-truthalwayswins5127]

Correct!! Very well said!!

[@chetanvashisht3279]

Sir totaly one side and if that is your position god bless you

[@vnayzsingh2761]

There were issues with the sound editing in today’s episode…. Distracts from the fascinating story telling

[@ThePrintIndia]

Apologies for that. We will try to ensure it doesn't get repeated. Thank you for pointing it out.

[@mohammadasdaq480]

And we prove it again, we are more than obsessed with Pakistan.

[@anupamagrawal9952]

Agreed. This is all that Shekhar enjoys. Things not gonna get better tbh

[@shyambajekal8084]

I got the answer straightaway because of the title of this episode itself.😂 Henceforth Shekharji, if you want to start with a quiz please hide the real title of the episode. And, this is not the first time you have done this kind of thing.

[@maxheart22]

and our Pappu is still coming out of his age @51

[@NarendraKv]

Shekarji, the other person who qualifies most of the questions you posed is Rahul Gandhi. In his forties, Rahul has been spectacularly successful in getting BJP and Narendra Modi elected to the highest office and destroying the Congress party

[@Drsashisekhardubey]

Bhutto predicted future of Pakistan eat grass develop nukes 🥣🥣 National symbol of Pakistan

[@parttimemerasi5872]

He was not primarily responsible for the fall of Dhaka. The Army was. He had a part to play in it. The East was separated due to the atrocities on them by the military rulers since 47. and Bhutto did not have much to do with that.

[@QuantumNinja1.9]

Are u from Jaisalmer?

[@parttimemerasi5872]

@@QuantumNinja1.9 No, I am from Karachi

[@Pakistandramaindustry2.6]

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ❤