The New York Times
April 4, 1979
Page 1
934 words

Bhutto Hanged In Pakistan Jail For Murder Plot
Body Is Reportedly Taken to Hometown for Burial
By Robert Trumbull

Article begins: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Wednesday, April 4- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, was hanged early today in the Rawalpindi District Jail, where he had been confined since his conviction last year on charges of conspiring to murder a political opponent in 1974.

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The New York Times
April 8, 1979
The Week in Review
Page E1

In Pakistan, the Making of a Martyr

Editorial begins:
To a short, unhappy history already scarred by assassination, coups and national dismembermemt, Pakistan last week added another trauma, the execution of its most charismatic leader. The death of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hoisted yet another danger signal for a region made edgy by Marxist takeover in Afghanistan and Islamic revolution in Iran.

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The New York Times
Aug. 17, 1979
Page A6
869 words

Mrs. Bhutto's Role Emerges in Pakistan
As Head of Leading Party She Gets Ready for Elections Called for November by General Zia
By Michael T. Kaufman

Article begins:
KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 12--Pakistani analysts and foreign diplomats here say that as matters now stand, President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, the country's military leader, faces the prospect of turning over power to the widow of the man whose death warrant he signed four months ago.

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EARLIER:

The New York Times
Feb. 9, 1979
News Analysis
809 words

View of Bhutto: Two Extremes
Some See Him as a Hero, Others Want Him Dead
By Robert Trumbull

News analysis begins:
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 8 - In the highly volatile political climate of Pakistan, conflicting emotions swirl around the case of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as the deposed Prime Minister, under sentence of death by hanging for a political murder committed nearly five years ago, waits behind prison bars for the disposition of his case.

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