![\"In](\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2021-07\/hp96gdro_zulfikar-ali-bhutto_625x300_05_July_21.jpg\"\/ "\\"In")
<\/div>\nZulfikar Ali Bhutto was handed a death sentence during General (retired) Ziaul Haq’s regime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Lahore: <\/b><\/p>\n
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Sunday adopted a resolution demanding the federal government to declare party founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto a national democratic hero and feature his image on currency notes, ARY News reported on Monday.<\/p>\n
The resolution was passed during a seminar titled ‘Bhutto Reference and History’, discussing Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s reference.<\/p>\n
Lauding the Supreme Court’s admission that the PPP founder’s trial, which led to his execution, was unfair, the resolution demanded the federal government to confer the title of “Quaid-e-Awam” (Leader of the People) upon him, and award him the highest civilian honour, Nishan-e-Pakistan.<\/p>\n
ARY News reported that apart from demanding featuring of Bhutto’s image on currency notes, the resolution also called for the construction of a befitting monument in Bhutto’s honour and the declaration of his mausoleum as a national shrine.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, it calls for the reversal of the unjust death sentence handed down to Bhutto and the establishment of a “Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Award” for democracy activists who have sacrificed their lives for the cause.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the National Assembly had passed a resolution in March declaring Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s trial as judicial murder.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court announced its reserved opinion on the presidential reference against the ‘controversial’ death sentence awarded to the PPP founder, saying that the former prime minister did not get a chance to a “fair trial”.<\/p>\n
Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, a nine-judge bench announced its opinion on the long-pending presidential reference to answer whether it can revisit its verdict, which the PPP and jurists regard as a historic wrong, ARY News reported.<\/p>\n
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was handed a death sentence during former military ruler General (retired) Ziaul Haq’s regime.<\/p>\n
The first elected prime minister of the country was charged with the murder of a political rival Nawab Mohammed Ahmed Qasuri and a trial took place.<\/p>\n
Amid petitions and appeals of clemency, and mercy from several Heads of States, Bhutto was hanged on April 4, 1979.<\/p>\n
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n