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Speeches of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
1970-71
Launching the Election Campaign
Public Speech in Nishtar Park,
Karachi, January 4, 1970
The Change in Foreign Policy
Public Speech, Liaquat Gardens,
Rawalpindi, January 17, 1970
Politics of the People
Public Speech at Jinnah Park,
Peshawar,
January 18, 1970
Basic Issues are Economic
Public Speech at Mardan,
February 25, 1970
Socialism is Islamic Equality
Speech at a Public Meeting at Gujrat,
March 1, 1970
India's Attack on Pakistan
Speech at a Public Meeting at Mochi
Gate, Lahore,
March 8, 1970
The Incident at
Sanghar
Public Speech at
Gabole Park, Karachi,
April 12, 1970
A Long March for
People's Rights
Speech at a Public
Meeting,
Abbottabad, April 19,
1970
Equality without Justice
Public Speech at Mansehra,
April 20, 1970
Their Watches Stopped In 1950
Public Speech at Dera Ismail Khan,
April 23, 1970
Constitution Not Final Goal
Public Speech at Kohat,
April 25, 1970
A People's Economy
Public Speech at Bannu,
April 26, 1970
Beware of Vote Beggars
Public Speech at Peshawar,
April 27, 1970
Fighting Internal Imperialism
Speech at Charsadda,
April 29, 1970
Ending the Tribal Voting Pattern
Speech at Public Meeting, Hathian, Mardan,
April 30. 1970
Towards People's Raj
Speech at Public Meeting,
Lahore, May 1,1970
Issues at Stake
Speech at Taxila,
May 24, 1970
The People's Struggle Builds Up
Speech at a Public Meeting, Korangi,
Karachi, June 7, 1970
Inauguration of P.P.P. Office, Quetta
June 12, 1970
Forming a
Revolutionary Party
Speech at Quetta
Reception,
June 13, 1970
Why Was Liaquat All Khan Shot?
Public Speech at Quetta,
June 14, 1970
Go From Door to Door
Speech at the Opening of the Orangi P.P.P. Office,
Karachi, July 7, 1970
Consulting the People
Address at Public Meeting in Malir,
August 5, 1970
Prepare for a People's Government
Speech at a Public Meeting at Gol Bagh, Lahore,
October 14, 1970
Candidate for
Lahore
Speech at Public Meeting, Lahore
November 2, 1970
Campaigning in Lahore
A Public Speech,
November 3, 1970
Campaigning Continues
Public Speech at Lahore,
November 3, 1970
A Collective Change
Speech at Lahore,
November 3, 1970
Fourth Speech of the Day
Public Speech at Lahore,
November 3, 1970
Towards a New Pakistan
Address to the Nation over Radio and TV,
November 18, 1970
Thanking the
Voters
Public address
outside the Assembly Chambers, Lahore,
December 12,
1970
Deadlock on the Constitution
The Punjab University New Campus, Lahore,
February 22: 1971
The Crisis :
Two Alternatives
Public
Meeting, Lahore,
February 28,
1971
Ready for
Negotiations
Press
Conference, Karachi,
March 2, 1971
Cable to Mujib
March 9, 1971
A Compromise
is Possible
Public Meeting
at Nishtar Park, Karachi,
March 14, 1971
Exploiters
Rejected by Voters
Press
Conference at Karachi,
March 15, 1971
Attitude of
Other Countries
Press
Conference at Karachi,
April 14, 1971
Power Must Be Transferred
Public Meeting at Hyderabad,
September 8, 1971
Let Democracy
Return
Speech at the
Quaid's Mausoleum Karachi,
September I1,
1971
End This Long
Night of Terror
Press
Statement at Karachi,
September 29,
1971
A Change of Rules
Press Conference at Karachi,
September 29, 1971
Designs
Against the People
Address at
Public Meeting,
Multan,
October 8, 1971
The Invasion
and the Veto
Speech at the
Security Council, New York,
December 12,
1971
Premeditated
Invasion by India
Speech in
Security Council, New York,
December 13,
1971
My Country
Beckons Me
Speech at the
Security Council, New York,
December 15,
1971

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Please don't fall prey to false propaganda. Our opponents
have nothing solid to say against us. They opposed Quaid-i-Azam and
supported the Hindus. They cannot now concede to you that they are the
people who actually exploited you and stood in the way of your progress.
Of course, they themselves have prospered but they have ruined the
country. For you they created miseries and inflicted poverty upon the
people. They have betrayed you during the last 23 years which is not a
short period. Every nation aspires to be free during her slavery because
it wants to prosper and progress. The progress of a nation means the
betterment of the lot of the common man. In Pakistan, the majority of
the people, the workers and the farmers are becoming poorer every day.
Our opponents who are responsible for this state of affairs and have
exploited the common man will never accept the responsibility for their
misdeeds. They can only try to cover their exploitation behind the
slogan of 'Islam in danger.' They never can explain how Islam is in
danger.
We do not want any foreign system to be introduced in
Pakistan. We do not stand for the Russian, the Chinese, the British or
the American system. We want a Pakistani system. We shall serve the
cause of Islam and enable the Muslims to prosper. Today, Muslims are
dying of hunger. The prices are up and income down. Bribery is rampant.
The situation is worsening. How can the cause of Islam be served under
these circumstances? We want to serve the cause of Islam by enabling the
Muslims to prosper and progress. We want the children of the poor to be
educated. We want to establish hospitals for the treatment of the poor.
We want to provide housing for the common roan.
Of course, we want that a constitution should be framed,
but we have tried two constitutions already. We will again frame a
constitution but a constitution cannot by itself satisfy the hunger and
the need for education. If you do not have anything to eat you cannot
eat the constitution. If you have nothing to wear, you cannot wear the
constitution. The constitution cannot give you employment or housing or
education. It cannot be a substitute for a mill, a house, or a school
or a hospital. It is only a fundamental law. |
We stand for this fundamental law, but it alone cannot
solve problems. The two constitutions tried during the last 23 years
could not do it. A third constitution will be framed because it is a
legal requirement. There is no difference of opinion or conflict in so
far as the question of constitution-making is concerned. We all believe
in democracy in politics. We have struggled against dictatorship because
we want to establish the people's rule. We all want a constitution, but
at the same time we want to eradicate poverty and hunger from the
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