Bhutto was the only elected leader in Pakistan on the slogan “Roti, Kapda, makan.”

Bhutto was the only elected leader in Pakistan on the slogan “Roti, Kapda, makan.”

Pakistan was not created as a result of the demands of the people living in the area now forming Pakistan. It was imposed on them by the British and the Muslim minority of India. In the 1948 elections the provinces which to-day constitutes Pakistan did not vote for the Muslim league which advocated Pakistan. The Muslim League won its seats in East Bengal and in the Indian minority provinces under the separate electorate system.


On the basis of their All-India numerical strength in the central legislature, the league pressed for and got Pakistan with the connivance of the British. This will explain why the Muslim league Muslim League did not survive as a significant party in Pakistan. This is the reason why the Baluchi leader Ghaus Baksh Bizenjo has questioned the viability of Pakistan ideology. There is today a feeling in Pakistan that if India had not been divided, the three smaller provinces- Sind, the N.W .F.P. and Baluchistan would have enjoyed greater political economic and linguistic autonomy under the Indian Constitution than they do under the Pakistan Constitution of 1973.


In Pakistan the main beneficiary of partition was West Punjab. In the initial period following the partition, the Mujhahirs from India tended to dominate. Jinnah and Liaquat were not natives of Pakistan. However after the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, the Punjabis came into their own and ever since Pakistan politics have been largely their preserve. After the 1971 war and the loss of eastern wing, Punjabis constituted over 60 percent of the population of Pakistan. What is more they contribute nearly 75 percent of the man power of the armed forces. Today, Pakistan is West Punjab with a hinterland of three minor regions- Sind, N.W.F.P. and Baluchistan. When Pakistan was created, the Muslim League had no mass base in that country and over the years it has slowly withered.
Bhutto is well justified in claiming that in the entire history of Pakistan, he is the only elected political leader. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977. He was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), the largest and most influential political parties of Pakistan. His daughter Benazir Bhutto also served twice as prime minister; she was assassinated on December 27. 2007.


Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was elected on the slogan “Roti, Kapda, makan.” (food, clothing and shelter)