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Speeches of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

April 1  –  June 30,  1972

Transcript of interview with Dr. Walter Berg of German Television in Karachi on April 2, 1972.

 

Address to the nation announcing police reforms On April 12, 1972

 

Address the nation announcing law reforms on April 13, 1972.

 

Address as the president of the National Assembly of Pakistan on April 14, 1972

 

Speech delivered at the public oath-taking ceremony at Rawalpindi on April 21, 1972

Message to Secretary-General, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists on April 22, 1972.

 

Eid-e-Miladun Nabi Message on April 22, 1972

 

Transcript of interview with Mr. Richard Lindley of Independent Television News, London on April 25, 1972


Transcript of interview with Der Spiegel at Lahore on April 26, 1972

 

Address at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the national broadcasting house at Islamabad on April 27, 1972

 

Message to President Nixon on Apollo-16 Mission’s success on April 28,1972

 

May Day message on April 30, 1972

 

Statement naming Mr. Mumtaz Ali Bhutto as the Pakistan People’s Party Leader in the Sind Assembly on May 1, 1972

 

Transcript of interview with Mr. George Vergese of “The Hindustan Times”  at Rawalpindi on May 4. 1972.

 

Statement at a press conference at Rawalpindi on May 7, 1972

 

Interview with Mr. Piero Saraceni of Italian Television at Lahore on May 13, 1972

 

Message of greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg on June 22, 1972

 

Interview with A.B.C telecast on May 14, 1972

 

Address at the Quetta airport on May 17, 1972

 

Speech at a banquet given in honour of Princes Ashraf Pahlavi at Quetta

 

Reply to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi’s speech at the Iranian dinner at Quetta on May 20, 1972

Speech delivered at a public meeting in Quetta on May 21, 1972

 

Interview with Australian Broadcastign Corporation in Quetta on May 22, 1972.

 

Speech on Vietnam Conflict, on May 23, 1972

 

Address to industrialists and businessmen at Karachi on May 23, 1972

 

Press conference at the Lahore Airport on May 25, 1972

 

Message of greetings to His Majesty King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan on May 26, 1972

 

Message of Farmers on May 27, 1972

 

Inaugural message at the 4th session of Indonesia – Pakistan Economic and Cultural Co-operation (IPECC) on May 29, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Dr. Mohammad Taibi Benhina, the New Foreign Minister of Morocco on May 30, 1972

 

Address to Pakistani nationals in Jeddah on June 2, 1972

Statement issued on June 10, 1972

 

Interview with Peter Grubbe, Editor of German Weekly Magazine Stern on June 15, 1972

 

Address to student leaders at Murree on June 18, 1972

 

Address to MNA’s and MPA’s at Murree on June 18, 1972

 

Address to ulemas at Murree on June 20, 1972
 

Address to educationists at Murree on June 21, 1972

 

Message of Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg on June 22, 1972

 

Address to Lawyers at Murre on June 23, 1972


Message to the people of Murree on June 23, 1972

 

Address a the graduation parade at the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi on June 24, 1972

 

Discussion with labour leaders, students and prominent citizens at Karachi on June 25, 1972

 

Statement at a press conference held at Karachi on June 25, 1972

 

Message on Launching of integrated Rural development programme on June 25, 1972

 

Message to General Hafez-Al-Assad, president of the Syrian Arab Republic and Mr. Suleman Franjieh, President of Lebanon, on June 26, 1972

 

Address at a Meeting of MNA’s and MPA’s of Punjab at Lahore on June 26, 1972

 

Address to the nation on June 27, 1972

 

Speech at the Lahore Airport on June 28, 1972

 

Message to his holiness Pope Paul VI on June 29, 1972

 

Message to Mr. Giulio Andreotti, new Prime Minister of Italy on June 29, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Lt. General Josep Mobutu, Congolese President, on the National Day of the Republic of Zairo on June 29, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Ahmad Sekou Toure,

President of the Republic of Guinea on October 2, 1972

 

Message of condolence to

Chairman Ne Win of Burma on October 2, 1972

 

Text of letter to Mr. Mahmud Ali Kasuri,

accepting his resignation as Minister for Law  and

Parliamentary Affairs on October 5, 1972

 

Message to cadets of P.A.F. College of Aeronautical

Engineering, Korangi, on October 5, 1972

 

Address to students at Lahore on October 6, 1972

 

Address to the workers of the Pakistan People’ Party

at Lahore on October 6, 1972

 

Convocation address at P.A.F. Academy, Risalpur on October 7, 1972

 

Address at P.A.F. Graduation Parade, Risalpur on October 7, 1972  
 

Message of thanks to Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi,

Shahbano of Iran on October 9, 1972

 

Message of greetings to General Idi Amin dada,

President of the Republic of Uganda on October 9, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Salem Robaya All,

Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People’s

Democratic Republic of Yemen on October 14, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Major-General Gabriel

Ramanantsoa, Prime Minster of the Republic of

Malagasy on October 14, 1972

 

Tributes to Quaid-I-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan

on October 16, 1972 

 

Message of congratulation to the nation on the occasion of

Constitutional settlement on October 20, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Major-General Gaafar Mohammad

Nimeri, President of the Democratic Republic of Sudan on October 10, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Francisco Micias Nguema,

President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea on October 12, 1972 

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Philibert Tsiranana,

President of the Republic of Malagasy on October 14, 1972

 

Message of condolence to Sayyid Qaboos Bin Saeed, Sultan

of Oman on October 21, 1972

 

Speech at the Qaddafi Stadium inaugurating the office of the

Board of Control for Cricket on October 23, 1972

 

Message on the 27th Anniversary of United Nations

on October 24, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Dr. Kenneth D. Kaunda,

President of the Republic of Zambia on October 24, 1972

 

Assurance to a delegation of Labour Unions at Lahore

on October 25, 1972

 

Message of greetings on the birthday of Shahinshah of Iran

on October 26, 1972  

 

Message of felicitations to Mr. Franz Jonas, President

of the Republic of Austria on October 26, 1972 

 

Address to the citizens of Lyallpur District 

On October 26, 1972

 

Message of good wishes to Shaikh Sabah Al-Salem

Al-Sabah, Amir of Kunwait on October 27, 1972

 

Instructions of Pakistan’s envoys abroad

On October 28, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Cevdet Sunay,

President of the Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1972   

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Houari Boumedienne,

President of Algeria on November 1, 1972

 

Message of greetings to the President of the

Republic of Panama on November 3, 1972 

 

Message of sympathy to the Prime Minister of Fiji

on November 4, 1972

 

Message to Pakistan’s Cricket Team

on November 5, 1972

 

Eid message on November 7, 1972

 

Message of greetings to Muslim Heads of States

On November 7, 1972

 

Eid greetings to Pakistani prisoners of war

on November 7, 1972     

 

Message of greetings to Mr. Richard Nixon on his

re-election as U.S. President on November 8,1972  

 

Address to villagers and farmers on November 9, 1972

 

Message of greetings to the King of Sweden

On November 11, 1972.

 

Address at the opening session of the

Conference of Pakistan’s envoys in Asia

on November 12, 1972  

 

Message of greetings to His Excellency Major Mathieu

Kerekou, President of the Republic of Dahomey

on November 14, 1972

 

Message of greetings to General Emilio Garrastazu Medici,

President of Brazil on November 15, 1972  

 

Address at the concluding session of the

Conference of Pakistan’s envoys in Asia

on November 15, 1972

 

Speech at a civic reception at Peshawar

on November 16, 1972

 

Address at a meeting of labour unions, Peshawar

on November 16, 1972

 

Address at a meeting of labour unions, Peshawar

on November 16, 1972

 

Address at a public meeting in Saidu Sharif

on November 17, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 
Words of Shaheed

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.

 
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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 country.


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