16 Facts About Murtaza Bhutto

Murtaza Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and leader of al-Zulfiqar, a Pakistani left-wing militant organization.

Murtaza Bhutto founded al-Zulfiqar after his father was overthrown and executed in 1979 by the military regime of General Zia-ul-Haq.

In exile in Afghanistan, Murtaza Bhutto was sentenced to death in absentia by a military tribunal.

Murtaza Bhutto returned to Pakistan in 1993 and was arrested for terrorism on the orders of his sister, then-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Murtaza Bhutto was born in a Sindhi Rajput Bhutto family, and has three siblings: Benazir, Shahnawaz and Sanam.

Murtaza Bhutto later passed his 'O' levels from the Karachi Grammar School in 1971.

In 1972, Murtaza Bhutto went off to Harvard University where he took his bachelor's degree.

In 1976, Murtaza Bhutto graduated with his thesis entitled "Modicum of Harmony".

Murtaza Bhutto's thesis dealt with the spread of nuclear weapons in general, and the implications of India's nuclear weapons on Pakistan in particular.

Murtaza Bhutto went on to attend Christ Church Oxford, his father's alma mater, for a three-year Master of Letters degree course.

Murtaza Bhutto submitted his master thesis, containing a vast argumentative work on Nuclear strategic studies, where he advocated for Pakistan's right to develop its nuclear deterrence programme to counter Indian nuclear programme.

The hijacking went on for thirteen days, during which Murtaza Bhutto shot Major Tariq Rahim for being an Army officer.

Rahim was executed following Murtaza Bhutto's conferring with Afghan Intelligence chief Mohammad Najibullah.

Murtaza Bhutto requested additional Al-Zulfiqar members to join them and Najibullah provided them with money, explosives, and weapons.

Murtaza Bhutto fell in love with an Afghan girl named Fauzia Fasihuddin in Afghanistan.

Murtaza Bhutto married Fauzia in 1980, and his brother Shahnawaz married her sister Rehana Fasihuddin.