As an Indian it is difficult to feel any sympathy for the Bhutto family.

Shekhar missed out on an important point that Zulfiqar's mother was Hindu Gujarati, who converted to Islam before her marriage to Zulfiqar's dad.

How many of you agree with me in that Shekhar should now on 'de-focus' from analyzing contemporary affairs and spend his energy on creating a series of videos on geopolitics and 20th century political history especially of the subcontinent? That will be a collector's item! He is at that stage in career with the wealth of knowledge and amazingly mature yet entertaining story telling skills. Moreover, he is at his best while doing these. There are many others in Print and beyond to do the mundane right now politics but none stands a shade in front of Shekhar in his strong domains. Truly remarkable!

The first step in any long-term conflict is to understand the enemy well. Mr. Gupta is doing a great service by educating the younger generation of India about Pakistan's polity and history. Education might also elicit empathy for your enemy, which I feel will be the most important step in crushing the worst part of your adversary while retaining the good.

Wonderful CTC episode. I legit thought you would end it with that hilarious anecdote about Bhutto that I read in Tilak Devasher’s book. When his opponents ridiculed him for his love for alcohol, he said in a rally “ Yes I drink alcohol .. but you drink the blood of people”… to which the crowd yelled “Jiye Bhutto… Piye Bhutto”!! Cracks me up every time I hear this!

Thank you Shakher, even as a Pakistani I didn't know that much about Bhutto.

Albert Einstein by 1905, he was only 25 years old, had changed the world! Far more than any politician

One thing that SG missed was that Benazir Bhutto and her husband got Murtuza Bhutto killed. She was the PM at the time and Murtuza was challenging her politically. It was never proven but Murtuzas daughter Fatima openly says that it was her aunt who got her father killed!

Zulfiqar Bhutto was responsible for killing thousands of Hindus in Sindh through religious rioting. He started with K2 idea , later his daughter continued with similar Hindu killings and promised 1000 year war against Hindus. Bilawal continues with similar attacks on Hindus but now there are few left. He however fears that INDIA of now is being run on Veer Savarkar ideology and that retaliation against attacks on 🇮🇳 will be bigger and worse.

I have been watching shekharji since 2012. It was my first year of undergrad that i started watching you. You are a gift to the nation. Thank you for your service shekharji.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="503">8:23</a> the thing is that the so called Islamic Civilization got defeated by Hindu, Jewish and Christians.😢

I would have thought that the second most powerful dynasty in the subcontinent was sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s dynasty

Bhutto was never a democrat, in any sense of the world. He was a creation of Ayub; was the right hand man of Yahya; was instrumental in preventing a rapprochement with Bangabandhu, there by leading to the 71 War; after which he appointed Tikka Khan, the butcher of Dhaka to manage Balochistan, which then created an insurgency there; used brutal violence to suppress the Pakhtun Awami League (led by KAGK's son); brought in laws that excluded Ahmadis.

Hadd hai.... Muslim hai isliye phle usko Democrat bana diye shekharji..... Bhuto was never any kind of democrat

I feel in some ways, though Bhutto showed himself to be a liberal, he sowed the seeds of an Islamic policy that Zia literally took it to another level, making the current Pakistan what it is. Thank you for the video

Super Vlog. Very balanced and unbiased analysis of the Bhutto Dynasty.

SG sir,my two year old American daughter calls you “Seekkaar”😅 … I am so glad there are KZfaq video’s about India’s History and someone old/ wise like you can dispense this wisdom and new generations can absorb this information! Truly blessed for The Prints journalism! God Bless 😊 I am a Tamilian - We technically lost lands , of the scale of size similarly of the likes of Bhutto’s - but typical of North India - they ignored multiple mutinies - no digital / print / social media stories here of South Indian sacrifices. The Punjabi/Sindhi/ Jats think they are bigger than others in India etc. Belive me that is not the case - all the above guys made noise 😅except people like us and multiple others !😢😊 Freaking no stories on South Indian sacrifices 😊 Jai Hind !

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I sincerely believe this man actually reaped what he sowed.

👌superb news & True analysis from Shekarji.. the Seasoned Young Journalist of my childhood 1980's day's It's great listening to you Too Sir ❤ OLD IS GOLD that's what my teacher taught me in 1980's Shall wait and still waiting for it will surely one DAY come to pass

The fundamental issue is Muslims of sub-continent seems to hate the land they were born. Bhutto and Jinnah are simply symptoms of wider malaise. A Muslim can be communist/liberal/democrat/atheist but will always be a Hindu baiter. Faiz Ahmed Faiz is a prime example of that.

Pity he didn't last another decade. He would have broken up west Pakistan as well ..

So when SG asks us those teaser questions in the beginning does he really not know that we have just read the title of the video and then clicked on it and now we're being asked to guess the title of the video 😅😅😅 It makes an interesting introduction but he asks with such a straight face it's almost as if the editor doesn't let him know what's actually happening 😂😂😂

Lot of people left lasting legacies even before they were 30. For example, Adi Sanakara, Swami Vivekananda. What was your first question? Why does one have to be 51 to achieve some thing. Why so late?

Pakistan should be left out of CTC and we should focus on economy , development and our systemic challenges. Talking about Pakistan is gloating that you barely passed and humiliating a fail mark student.

It is funny when you say "Pak general was under house arrest". Blame the harem for that !!!😄😄

Their economy was doing good because they had american dollars coming in not because they were a free economy.

Wow, great information. I never knew all this. Thank you.

Fully agreed. I was thinking in this direction since long, but you gave the words to my thinking.

Shekhar Gupta and The Print's love and admiration for special community of India extends to outside India as well. Hindus are being forcibly stopped from celebrating their festivals, from Bengal to Bihar to Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi. but not a chirp from Shekhar Gupta !!!

Excellent newspaper days of 1980's editorial journalism.. A Class a part!! India 🇮🇳 Its great re visiting and listening again

Sir you are greatest expert on PAKISTAN.... NIce one...❤❤❤

What an analysis! You are incredible! I wish the current journalism was even 1/3rd of what you deliver!

Bhutto was the main person responsible for the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, by declaring them non Muslims. Hundreds of Ahmadis have been killed as a result. Today Ahmadis have no religious rights in Pakistan.

Good to see you on TVO!

Excellent narration. I enjoyed it and learnt much

SHEKHAR WHY IS AN INTELLIGENT MAN LIKE YOU WASTING YOU IMPORTANT TIME ON A RODENT LIKE BHUTTO. SERIOUSLY YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO WASTE YOUR ON THIS MINISCULE FOOL.

Thanks shekhar for nailing this fact that it was zulfiqar bhutto who was the archirech in breaking pakistan , he did much more harm to subcontinent than zia even

No Bhutto isn't the political family which suffered the most in subcontinent, it is the family of sheikh mujib which was wiped out barring his daughters.

Shekarji asking questions with answer in the title of the episoce is like one of the cute teachers in the school, who use to ask tough questions in the exam and at the same time leniently let student cheat a bit :)

Amazing video SG sir as always

Shekhar Gupta is a perfect example of someone who gets promoted above one's ability and work, and thus, starts believing in one's propaganda.

Shekhar ji, May I suggest you add 'downward spiral of Afghanistan' in his list of achievements. ZA Bhutto was the father of Pakistan's policy of 'physical' strategic depth (to quote Christine Fair) aka forward policy. During his time ISI assets were ordered/committed to conduct covert operations inside Afghanistan and to support islamist in Afghanistan. It was also during his time that training camps were first started to train Afghan islamist. All this was in the early 1970s during Daoud Khan's time, long before the soviets intervened. I also suggest, Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed is a great resource to do a 'walk the talk' on anything about Pakistan from the last 100 years.

Excellent Vlog. About Mr.Bhutto personality n his achievements

Well it was Bhutto who famously said "if it comes to that we will eat grass but we will still make the nuclear bomb". Today pakistanis can't even afford grass !!!

How come you left out his part in starting the Khalistan movement as revenge . He wanted to take Punjab from India to pay back for the loss of East Pakistan.

Leave Pak to Pak !

Dear Mr. Gupta: Q2. Yes. There was another instance. In Bangladesh. Following the assassination of our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, after the second coup d'état, the Chief Justice ASM Sayem was made the CMLA on Nov 6, 1975. After the third coup d'état the following day, the new military ruler General Zia kept Justice Sayem as the (titular) CMLA and President and (Zia) himself took the designation of Deputy CMLA. The arrangement continued till April of 1977 when when Zia officially assumed the designations/positions of President and CMLA. One correction on another topic. Gen Iskander Mirza was from west pakistan. He coerced Fazlul Huq to certify him as a Bangalee by way of being a descendant of Mir Zafar. He got that certification to bypass the erstwhile power sharing arrangement between the two wings of Pakistan by which, each wing had the position of GovGen/President and PM shared between them. After getting the certification, President Gen Mirza could bypass the power sharing arrangement and appoint someone from the West wing as the PM. This move triggered or enabled a series of events leading up to 1971. Now, a Quiz for you Dear Mr. Shekhar Gupta. Who did Gen Mirza made his PM? the answer would intrigue you for sure. P.S. Simply love your shows. What a beautiful and stimulating addition to our highly cluttered digital lives. Please do keep up the good work. Love from Bangladesh.

Thank you shekhar sir

... a ideology that requires hatred for the 'other' as its primal reason to thrive , cannot survive . Hitler went down . Germany went down with him too . Bhutto used the same strategy, albeit using a different 'other' , in this case India . He met a brutal end , and by the time he was gone , the seed of hatred had been so deeply sown , especially in Pakistan that no other leader of Pakistan can get out of that quagmire. It is sad and extremely painful to see a nation go down into turmoil. As a human being , i cannot find this to be any cause for enjoyment. As an Indian, i am worried. A Nation at our border, which has multiple factions fighting each other, each having virulent hatred for India, is indeed a cause to be worried about . That Pakistan is a nuclear power possessing nuclear bombs terrifies me , especially if we consider the scenario of internal conflicts propelling the nation towards a civil war . Hatred is terrible. A political ideology based on hatred is terrifying. During the last days of the Battle of Berlin , Adolf Hitler sat in the Fuhrer Bunker planning imaginary offensives by SS divisions that were already decimated, either by the Red Army or by the Americans and British armies approaching from the West . Once he came to terms with reality , he planned his suicide ( he was too afraid to be caught by the Red Army or even his own civilians. He was aware of the fate of Mussolini) . Even at that point , he decided that as he was going down , he would take Berlin down with him too . It is indeed a stroke of luck that he did not have a single nuclear weapon ... Thanks again Sir for your beautiful presentation of history. It is as if , i can see the events play out before my eyes ...

You are the only one who says pakistans economy was doing well in 60s.....they have always earned through easr pakistan and then lived of aid from usa gulf and money sent by workers from gulf

The Israeli-Arab war and later the Arab oil embargo were a huge shock to the world economy. Oil prices rose almost 10x. The nationalization of many sectors was done because the terms of trade had become too adverse and the sovereign alone had the borrowing capacity to keep things running. Pakistan actually did quite well in 70s despite nationalizing several parts of the economy as they got initial trade and investment benefits of Arab wealth. India unfortunately did not have such rich friends and was too big for such largesse to make a difference. If one looks at India's economic history, the 70s are the toughest decade for India with three years of gdp contraction. The emergency and the Janata Party collapse were a botched political response to a very severe economic shock. We had a lost decade in the 70s , Latin America had two lost decades from around '75 to '95. That pushed those economies to all sorts of hare brained left/socialist economics we saw in Venezuela or Mexico or milder version in Brazil. One of the most consequential decades, policy makers should study that time period carefully as we might be in for a similar era of shocks..

Always appreciate guptaji's analysis on Pakistan. I would love to see a 2 hour podcast discussing Pakistan by shekar, especially with a Pakistani host/guest.

Nice informative video sir

He literally cut the clutter mean I'm 19 and I Google Shekhar gupta I mean the best journalist wow great work.

You are likely exaggerating his impact. He wasn't primarily responsible for the break-up of Pakistan, though he played a critical role. The Pakistani economy grew strongly in the early 60s, but it was very unequal growth, and it stalled after the 65' war, which Bhutto played a part in instigating. When Bhutto came to power in end 71', the Pk economy was moribund, and he made it worse. However, your thesis is correct. He caused far more damage than benefit, and the greatest harm was in choosing not to make Pakistan a welfare state, dedicated to improving the lives of Pakistanis. He had the ability and capacity, and he had the opportunity which no civilian leader has had since, because he could've settled Kashmir at Simla by accepting LoC as the border, and made permanent peace with India. He had the best cover to do this also, the army leadership was entirely discredited, and had just signed an unconditional surrender, so he could've easily blamed them for leaving no other option. But for Bhutto the welfare of Pakistanis was just convenient rhetoric. His true compass was always power, power untrammeled and absolute, for himself first, and for his family to follow.

Wow finally find a person who can describe the issues of subcontinent in an unbiased way. No doubt that Bhutto Sahb was a great leader and he had better vision and idea for the future of Pakistan. Pakistan could be different if he ruled more.

No! Pakistan episode again 😞

In Greek tragedy a tragic character is one who is wronged and deserves sympathy. Mr. Bhutto is not a tragiic character. He was a criminal and sinner on millions of East Pakistani people including some West Pakistanis. He was not the majority leader but coveted to become the PM of a truncated Pakistan. This was his 1st crime. The genocide of 1971 was his sin. He paid for this partially.

Excellent example of everything that can go wrong in a politician is the story of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Till date his family continues his great legacy of being as dumb as dumb can get.

Greetings from Pakistan sir, excellent analysis Regards sohaib

Best

Well zulfikar bhutto has an interesting connection to Nepal as well. After his assassination some students were protesting against it in front of Pakistan Embassy and Coincidenctly king birendra happen to passing through that way. So the police beat and cleared the protest which caused the protest to escalate further in the valley and eventually country wide large protest well held which demanded multiparty system. So the king did negotiations and did an referendum for the people to choose between multiple party system or the old partyless panchayat system. Unfortunately the multiple party system got only 45 % of the total vote ( many believe not enough people voted). But these protests built the road and confidence upon which in 1990 ( just ten years after the referendum) the 1st jana aandolan ( 1st mass movement) took place.

In fact , the imposing Jinnah house on Malabar hill , Mumbai was being eyed by late Zulfi Bhutto to house Pakistan deputy high commission . Late Indira Gandhi shot down the proposal forthwith !

Thanks Shehkar sahab for your thoughts, Most of it is fair except that 1965 war not a result of Kashmir dispute rather it was to avoid or release the pressure from America on Pakistan to take part in Vietnam war, Pakistan got stuck between rock n a hard place , in the wake of U2 downing in 1960 and latter the rise of hard-line communist like Beerznev to power Pakistani foreign policy makers got baffled, this was in that confusion that the decision to open a limited conflict with India was conceived and implemented, this is in short , you may carry out your own research, will wait to see your deliberations

Just 1 question, Shekhar, if you will speculate a little; could Bhutto have unleashed a nuclear exchange, had he lived? I think he was the quintessential political rogue who never set any red lines!

ZA Bhutto was one of the sharpest and most shrewd politicians in Indian sub-continent!!

Any Pakistanis in the comments? What do you guys think of legacy of the likes of Ayub, Bhutto, Zia and Musharraf? And does history textbooks in your country represent these events in honest way?

What a privilege it is to know the history of our great neighbor. Except for Daniel Alexander, nobody cares about Pak anymore. That's something considering nobody cares about Daniel Alexander. A former Pak general even expressed fear that his country would become a footnote in the India chapter. The difference between our economies is a multiple of 10 and Kohli's spectacles cost more than Pak's whole cricket league.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="509">8:29</a> great to see SG use the appropriate synonymn for "islamist" - as in "secular" - to describe zulfikar bhutto...

Even after 44 years of his death the ghost of great Bhutto still haunts India because Raw favorite journalist Gupta is doing show still show how great Bhutto was who is thorn Indias eye even today

Another Amazing video sir. Thanks a ton 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Another important detail: Zulfikar Bhutto was born to Hindu mother.

Enjoyed the content. Shekhar ji needs to do something about his excessive hand movements though..

Mainstream national politics is missing for quite sometime now Sir… we miss your cut the clutter on it…

Sg fantastic and very important perspective

on a different note I am reading some news about RAB in Bangladesh does it look cluttered for an CTC?

@SG Several Bengalis were PM and president of Pakistan. Problem was Mujibur's 6 points which meant two countries under one flag. This is why West Pakistan opposed Mujibur and the military crackdown in East Pakistan which led to a 9 months bloody Civil War culminating in the Pakistan army's humiliating defeat and birth of Bangladesh. Ironically, the condition of Sindh is not very different from East Bengal. It too has large economy with next to zero presence in the Pak army.

There were issues with the sound editing in today’s episode…. Distracts from the fascinating story telling

His roommate in college was Minoo Masani.. Leader of swatantra party

A list of others you may have interested in 1 Yahya khan 2.Abdul Hamid Khan 3.Tika Khan 4. Zia-ul-Haq 5.Mirza Aslam Baig 6 Parwez Musharaff 7.Parwez Kayani 8 General Bazwa. Hamid Gul, Notorious ISI chief, There are many more, list is only indicative, there are many Pakistani Heros for your liking, explore and enjoy.

I don't understand the suspense building when the title is loud and clear.

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Telugu states deserve a cut the clutter episode... There is a lot going on...please do consider sir

Shekharji missed another very important legacy of Bhutto -he recognised his mother tongue Sindhi as an official language of Pakistan along with Urdu and the only official language of Sindh and hence the eternal vote bank for the Bhutto family in Sindh .And if ever Pakistan comes out of its fixation with religion and it's linguistic politics become supreme,you will need to thank Zulfiqar for that too.

Of being Sindi he thought with this anti India policy will make it easier for Punjabi elite and their army to accept him but he was wrong the punjabi elite and their generals destroyed him and his whole family. Punjabi army will never give up the pwr.

Shekhar why are you so obsessed with the Pakistani Muslim community. Why didn't you do a program on Veer Savarkar there is a huge controversy coz of Rahul Gandhi over a great martyr like veer Savarkar. You have time for Pakistan but no time for our patriot. Ridiculous and shameful Shekar.

I appreciate all Shekhar’s work But there is more things going on in the country than Punjab and Neighbouring states of Delhi More than Pakistan in our neighbourhood.

Rings a bell. Thank you.

Yr title tells the answer to yr quiz

and our Pappu is still coming out of his age @51

Sir totaly one side and if that is your position god bless you

Nice snow job on Junagarh Shekhar! And someday the Bangladeshis will also wake up to what really happened during 1971 and discover the truth.

'remarkable'

You forgot to mention that in 1973, he gave a Constitution to Pakistan which is holding good even now.

With all the flaws, he and his daughter ( benazir bhutto shaheed) could have changed the history of Pakistan, had they not faced tragic and sudden deaths

Bhutto had a murder report filed against him with the police during his tenure as prime minister---where he was reported as the person who ordered the murder of his critic---. The critic did not die in the attack but his father was shot dead. The critic Mr. Qasuri filed a police report naming Byhutto as the prime suspect. Bhutto---could have had that report expunged from the police file during his rule---but he did not. When the govt changed---the son had the case re-opened---. The security chief asked in writing to Bhutto to give written orders---. Bhutto---in his arrogance wrote " eradicate him " on that letter and signed his name under it---. That is what got to Mr. Bhutto in the end---. That proof was too much to be ignored---.

Bhutto was a man of a thousand contradictions and a hypocrite, as all Communists are. He spoke of democracy but to date he is the only civilian martial law administrator of the country. He wanted land reform for large land holders but not for himself. He wanted to uplift the poor but he destroyed our economy by nationalizing (stealing) our most productive industries. Even today, we suffer the scourge of his family and spawn who are very powerful. Bhutto killed Pakistan before it even had a chance to prosper.

Sir Request if you can make China centric videos for obvious reasons We enjoy these videos tooo.....but information on China is scarce in open domain

whether democrat or not , he was a genius and a person born in centuries