and the early stages of her father’s relationship with Ghinwa, 275, 277, 278–80
memories of a disagreement between her father and Benazir, 282–3
memory of her father considering a return to
Pakistan, 285
and her father’s marriage to Ghinwa, 295, 296–8
and the birth of her brother Zulfi, 299–300
relationship with Zulfi, 307
memory of Ghinwa’s departure to file Murtaza’s election papers, 314
in Pakistan for her father’s election campaign, 315–17
and election day, 318
preparations for leaving Damascus, 323
and her father’s departure from Damascus, 325, 326
arrival in Karachi, 333–4
memories of life in Karachi, 332–3, 340, 342–5, 349, 353, 354–6, 359–60, 371–2, 384,389, 392
attends Ali Hingoro’s funeral, 384
visits Damascus, 391
letter from her father, 391–2
memories of her father’s final days, 13–15, 18, 20–4, 26–7
memories of her father’s shooting and death, 33–6, 403, 405–6, 409, 410, 411–14
friendship with Sabeen Jatoi, 407, 408
attends her father’s funeral, 420–1
questions her aunt, 420
loses contact with her grandmother, 421
writes undergraduate thesis on Zulfikar’s foreign policy, 62
writes master’s thesis on resistance to Zia, 202–3
and Sassi’s visit to Pakistan, 255–7
and Benazir’s death, 426–9
encounters Zardari’s security staff, 429–30
and twenty-ninth anniversary of her grandfather’s death, 430–3
hears about Zardari’s acquittal, 435–6
and Zulfi’s departure for boarding school, 425–6
experience of present-day Karachi, 3–5
discovers Benazir’s diaries and notebooks, 185
meeting with Gadaffi’s son, 111
and the experience of researching her father’s life, 8–10, 94–5, 130–2, 135–6, 139–40, 162–4, 218, 221, 227, 228–9, 233, 237–8, 257–60, 331–2, 404–5, 419, 434–5, 437–8
Bhutto, Fowzia (author’s mother), 21, 233–4, 235–6,254, 263–6
Bhutto (née Itaoui), Ghinwa (second wife of Mir Murtaza, known to author as ‘Mummy’)
relationship with Murtaza, 275–80
and Benazir’s thoughts about marriage, 284
and death of Zia, 285
and Benazir’s election victory, 294
marries Murtaza, 295–8
birth of Zulfi, 299
and Murtaza’s decision to contest the election, 312
travels to Pakistan to file Murtaza’s election papers, 314–15
campaigns for Murtaza, 315–17
and election results, 318
prepares to leave Syria, 323
and Fatima’s Arabic classes, 324
and Murtaza’s last evening before leaving for Pakistan, 325
arrives in Karachi, 333
in court, 334, 335–6
visits Murtaza in jail, 343, 345
and events on Zulfikar’s birthday, 346, 347, 348, 349
and Murtaza’s release, 353, 355, 356
and death of Ali Hingoro, 384
and arrest of Ali Sonara, 14–15, 18
as legal guardian of Fatima, 20–1
on day of Murtaza’s death, 23, 33, 34, 403, 405, 406, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 416
Benazir brings a case against, 417
Benazir’s remarks about, 417
attends Murtaza’s funeral, 420–1
and Benazir’s death, 426–7
attends Benazir’s funeral, 428
and anniversary of Zulfikar’s death, 431, 432
and Fowzia’s encounter with Fatima, 265, 266
and effect of Shah’s death on Fatima, 266–7
brief references, 22, 24, 308, 313, 332–3, 360, 372, 389, 391, 421
Bhutto, Ghulam Mir Murtaza, 42, 43, 187
Bhutto, Ilahi Bux, 40, 41
Bhutto, Imdad, 43, 44, 45, 86
Bhutto, Khurshid, 46–7, 50, 52, 81
Bhutto, Manna, 43
Bhutto, Mir Ali, 221, 426, 427
Bhutto, Mir Murtaza (author’s father)
birth, 55
childhood and family life, 81–9
becomes interested in politics, 89–91
friendship with Gudu, 92
starts a magazine with Gudu, 92, 93–5
and 1970 election campaign, 92–3
wins scholarship to Harvard, 95
at Harvard, 99–100, 130, 132–5, 136–42
letters from his father during time at Harvard, 47–8, 54, 108, 125–6, 127–30
at Oxford, 145, 146, 148
Benazir’s postcards to, 145–6
campaigns for his father in 1977, 146–7
and his father’s arrest, 147–8
efforts to save his father’s life, 148–52, 159, 161, 162, 167–8, 169–71
meets Della Roufogalis, 154–5, 156–7
relationship with Della, 157–60, 163, 176, 215–16
receives letter from Zulfikar, 168–9
and his father’s death, 172–3, 174, 175
decision to begin armed struggle, 175–6
meets Della in Kabul, 176–7
formation of PLA, 178–9
seeks support for PLA, 180–1
visits friends in London, 181–2
returns to Kabul, 182
choice of Kabul as a base, 187
life in Kabul, 188–90
Della unable to make contact with, 191
Della’s stay in Kabul with, 192–3
and Al Zulfikar, 193–4, 196, 217–19
portrayed as terrorist, 195
visits Della in Athens, 194, 195, 196
visits India, 195
and Oxford thesis, 213–15
letter to Della, 216–17
Della’s response to letter from 219
Della receives postcard from, 219–20
and the hijacking, 220–1, 223–5, 228, 229
previous acquaintance with Tipu, 221–3
ends relationship with Della, 230
meets and marries Fowzia, 233–4
Afghan concerns about his marriage, 234–5
birth of Fatima, 235–6
charges made against, 237, 353–4
attempts made on life of, 237–8
transmits radio programmes into Pakistan from Kabul, 238
and Benazir’s takeover of PPP, 240
decides to leave Kabul, 241
relocates to Libya, 241–2, 243
and Shah’s departure to France, 244
Shah makes visits to, 247
and family reunion in France, 248, 249, 250–1
and Shah’s death, 251–2, 253–4, 255, 258–9, 263, 266, 267–8
divorces Fowzia, 263
as father, 264, 269, 270–2, 275, 300, 307–8
relationship with Ghinwa, 275–80
disagrees with Benazir on power-sharing negotiations, 282–3
and death of Zia, 285
support for, 291
and 1988 election resuts, 293–4
Benazir ignores advice of, 294–5
marries Ghinwa, 295–8
remains abroad, 298–9
and birth of Zulfi, 299–300, 307
voices concerns in letter to his mother, 301–2
under pressure to enter politics, 310
decides to contest elections, 311–12
Benazir rejects his request for election tickets, 312, 313
decides to run as an independent, 314
Ghinwa travels to Pakistan to file election papers for, 314–15
election campaign, 315–17
election result, 318
and the press, 321–3
thanks Assad for hospitality, 323
and Fatima’s Arabic classes, 324
last evening in Damascus, 325
travels to Karachi, 326–7, 328
arrested, 328
in Landhi Jail, 328, 332, 333, 340, 343–5, 353, 354
supporters jailed, 328–32
refuses Benazir’s offer of Eid parole, 332
in court, 334–6
interview with Weekend Post, 339–40
speaks in Sindh Assembly, 340
starts from the bottom in politics, 340–1
speaks to Dawn journalist, 341
Benazir refuses to visit in prison, 342
unable to attend celebration for his father’s birthday, 345–6
and Benazir’s allegations about RAW, 349
release, 353, 354–5
returns to 70
Clifton, 355–6
visits Larkana, 356–8
watched by Intelligence Service, 358–9
speaks openly against the government, 359, 365–7, 391
opinion of Zardari, 360, 385
Nusrat’s support for, 360–1
government attempts to discredit, 367
satirical response to allegations, 367–9
makes vehicle bulletproof for Fatima, 372
and Ali Hingoro’s detention and death, 383–4
people turn towards, 388
works on political programme, 388–9
‘New Direction’ printed as party manifesto, 389–90
launch of Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed
Bhutto), 390
travels the country, 391–2
letter to Fatima, 391–2
in the days before his assassination, 13–15, 18–23
last day, 23–33
shooting and death, 33–6, 395–406, 409–14, 416
Benazir prevented from attending funeral of, 416–17
funeral, 420–1
tribunal to investigate death of, 422–3
murder case, 423, 435, 436
Bhutto, Mumtaz (daughter ofSir Shahnawaz), 43
Bhutto, Mumtaz (Zulfikar’s cousin, and head of
Bhutto tribe), 40–1, 48, 88, 285, 289, 310
Bhutto, Nabi Bux, 41
Bhutto, Nusrat (‘Joonam’; author’s grandmother)
meets and marries Zulfikar, 49–52
birth of children, 54–5, 81
and Zulfikar’s entry into politics, 55–6
affectionate towards her children, 141
and Zulfikar’s arrest, 148
travels in disguise, 151
Della’s similarity to, 163, 177
Margaret Thatcher sends letter of condolence to, 174
Della’s visit to, 177–8
in jail and under house arrest, 185
junta’s smear campaign against, 194–5
attacked by police in Lahore, 209
arrested in connection with hijacking, 228
role in PPP, 240, 360–1
in Nice for family reunion, 248, 250
and death of Shahnawaz, 251, 252, 254, 255
and Zia’s death, 285
advises Benazir to reject 1988 election results, 294
at wedding of Murtaza and Ghinwa, 296, 297
supports Murtaza’s idea of returning to Pakistan, 298
in Damascus for birth of her grandson Zulfi, 300
Murtaza voices his concerns in letter to, 301–2
ousted as PPP chairperson by Benazir, 312–13, 361
and Murtaza’s election campaign, 316, 317, 318
at Jinnah airport for Murtaza’s arrival, 327–8
and 70
Clifton, 333–4
attends court proceedings, 334, 381
moved by Murtaza’s speech in Sindh Assembly, 340
and events on Zulfikar’s birthday, 346, 347, 348, 349
and Murtaza’s release, 354, 355, 356
and arrest of Ali Hingoro, 381–2
and corruption charges, 387, 391
criticizes Benazir’s politics, 391
after death of Murtaza, 421
brief references, 82, 84–5, 303, 324
Bhutto, Pir Bux, 41
Bhutto, Raehana (author’s aunt), 234, 247, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254–5, 256, 257, 259, 263
Bhutto, Rasool Bux, 41–2, 45
Bhutto, Sanam (author’s aunt), 55, 81, 82, 85, 89, 134, 136, 145, 186–7, 248, 268, 314, 421
Bhutto, Sardar Wahid Bux, 41
Bhutto, Sassi (author’s cousin), 236, 247, 248–9, 251, 252–3, 255–7, 263, 266, 425
Bhutto, Shanawaz (‘Shah’; author’s uncle)
birth of, 55
childhood, 81–2, 86, 87, 88–9, 92
close relationship with Murtaza, 87, 88–9, 267, 268
joins Murtaza in Larkana, 146–7
leaves Pakistan, 148
campaigns with Murtaza to save his father’s life, 148, 149
studies in Switzerland, 150
at press conference in London, 170
and his father’s death, 173, 174
and idea of armed struggle, 175–6, 178
and formation of People’s Liberation Army, 178
meeting with Gadaffi, 180
meeting with Arafat, 180–1
relationship with Nurseli, 187–8
joins Murtaza in Kabul, 188
in Kabul, 193, 194, 218, 219, 220, 233–4, 236, 238–9
portrayed as terrorist, 195
accused of hijacking, 220, 228, 229
marries Raehana, 234
birth of daughter, 236
charges against, 237, 353–4
decides to leave Kabul, 241
in Libya, 242, 243
in Syria, 243–4
moves to France, 244, 247
family reunion in France, 247, 248, 249–50
death, 251–5, 256–7,258–60, 266–7
Murtaza’s grief over death of, 263, 267–8, 280
Murtaza visits grave of, 357–8
brief references, 151, 154, 157, 158, 160, 172
Bhutto, Sikandar, 43, 44, 86
Bhutto, Sir Shahnawaz (author’s great-grandfather), 21, 43, 44–5, 46, 52, 54, 81
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (author’s brother)
birth of, 221, 299, 300, 307
Fatima’s relationship with, 307
childhood, 14, 114, 312, 314, 315, 316, 333, 345, 349, 355, 371, 372, 384, 389, 391, 407
sixth birthday party plans, 23
on the day of his father’s death, 33, 34, 35, 405–6, 413, 414
attends his father’s funeral, 420
last meeting with his grandmother, 421
sent away to boarding school, 425–6
and Benazir’s death, 427–8
present at Benazir’s burial, 428–9
brief references, 266, 410
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (author’s grandfather)
family background, 43–5
marriage arranged, 45
relationship with Soraya, 46
as student, 46–7, 48
returns to Pakistan to work as barrister, 48–9
meets and marries Nusrat, 49–52
political views, 52–4
birth of children, 54–5, 81
enters politics, 55–8
as Foreign Minister, 59–62, 63, 65, 66
resigns and leaves government, 66, 67
and Miraj Mohammad Khan, 66–8
support for, 68
threatened by Ayum, 69
smuggling charges brought against, 69
Katpar fights case for, 69–70
Katpar becomes close to, 70–1
drafting of political manifesto, 70, 71
creation of PPP, 72–7
elected as chairman of PPP, 77
gifts for his children, 84–5
strict with his sons, 87, 88, 141
speech promises no nepotism, 87–8
Murtaza begins to take interest in career of, 89–90
in jail, 97
keeps portrait of Ayub, 97
1970 election campaign, 92–3, 98
/> election manifesto, 98
and problems following the election, 99, 100, 101–2
at United Nations Security Council, 103
as President, 107–20, 123–5
letters to Murtaza at Harvard, 47–8, 54, 125–30
sends telegram to Murtaza on his graduation, 142
arrested during 1977 election campaign, 146
accused of conspiracy to murder, and is arrested, 147–8
advises his sons to leave the country, 148
campaign organised by his sons to save his life, 148–52, 159, 161, 167–8, 169–70
publication of If I am Assassinated, 152–4
widespread belief that Zia would not kill, 160–1, 170
death sentence, 167
last letter to Murtaza, 168–9
death, 171–5
sons follow dying wishes of, 238
Ghinwa’s admiration for, 277
events on birthday of, 345–9
Murtaza visits grave of, 357
mentioned in manifesto of new party, 389
twenty-ninth anniversary of death of, 430–2
brief references, 9, 14, 15, 41, 176, 182, 194, 195, 199, 209, 279, 284–5, 290, 292, 293, 302, 309, 310
Birmingham, 150
Biswin Sadi publications, 152
Blackwater, 258
Bombay, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50
Bori Bazaar, Karachi, 15–16, 51
Bose, Sarat Chandra, 102
Bose, Sarmila, 102
Boumedienne, President, 110
BPLF (Baloch People’s Liberation Front), 117
British, the,39, 41 see also Raj, the
British Commonwealth, 98, 111, 302
Brohi, A. K., 49
Brohi, Rahim, 27
Brownmiller, Susan, 101
Bugti, Akbar, 55
Bull, Hedley, 213–14, 214–15
Burma, 58
Burns, John, 385, 386
Calcutta, 102
California, 46, 47, 255
Canada, 161, 162, 169
Capricorn Trading, 385–6
Carter, President Jimmy, 228
Carter, Lillian, 161
Castleman, Magdalena Guernica (Magda), 135, 136, 182
Castro, Fidel, 93, 435
CENTO (Central Treaty Organization), 58, 59, 64, 75
Central Investigation Agency (CIA; Pakistan), 18–19, 32, 368
Central Treaty Organization see CENTO Ceylon, 58 see also Sri Lanka
Chaklala air base, 237
Cham Hotel, Damascus, 275, 278
Chami Hospital, Damascus, 300
Channa, Maqbool, 29, 33
Che Guevara, 86, 91, 92, 93, 130, 175
Chen Yi, 61
China, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64–5, 66, 68–9, 107–8, 112, 127, 248
Chou En–lai, 64, 68–9, 130, 248
CIA (Pakistan) see Central Investigation Agency CIA (United States), 156, 235, 258, 281
Citibank, 386
Clark, Ramsey, 168
Clifton, 50, 51, 52, 301, 397, 398–403, 418 see also
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