14 Facts About Mumtaz Bhutto

Mumtaz Bhutto was the first cousin of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977.

Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was born on 28 November 1933 in the village of Pir Bux Bhutto, Larkana District, Sindh, British Raj.

Mumtaz Bhutto attended St George's College in Mussoorie and then Lawrence College, Murree, after the independence of Pakistan.

Mumtaz Bhutto earned his barrister degree from Lincoln's Inn, and undergraduate and master's degrees in 1959 from Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

Mumtaz Bhutto had four children including politician Ameer Bux Bhutto, journalist Ali Haider Bhutto, his other two daughters are less well known, Zahida Bhutto - the eldest child- and Tasneem Bhutto.

Mumtaz Bhutto became a member of the National Assembly at the age of 32 years on 5 March 1965.

When he and his cousin Zulfikar Ali Mumtaz Bhutto announced a new political party, Pakistan Peoples Party on 30 March 1967, he became the founding member and principal executive committee member of the party.

Mumtaz Bhutto was arrested during the struggle against the arrest of his cousin and then exiled by General Zia's government.

Mumtaz Bhutto announced support for a new constitutional framework for Pakistan as a weak federation.

Mumtaz Bhutto became the convenor of the alliance for Pakistan, returned to Pakistan, and was arrested by the military government of Zia.

Mumtaz Bhutto was elected to a seat in the provincial assembly from Larkana on 6 October 1993.

Mumtaz Bhutto has been a critic of Asif Ali Zardari who he accused of corruption and usurping the Pakistan Peoples Party by using the Bhutto family name to gain power.

Mumtaz Bhutto was suffering from multiple diseases in lungs and cardiac issues and he was admitted in a private Hospital of Karachi.

Mumtaz Bhutto died on 18 July 2021 at Karachi and he was buried at his native graveyard at Larkana.