ISLAMABAD: National Book Foundation’s latest publication ‘Meri Siasy Bible—Bhutto kay Afkar’ (My Political Bible— Thoughts of Bhutto) , which is written by Federal Law Minister Senator Moula Bakhsh Chandio is unique in the sense that it has encompassed various dimensions of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s personality through his quotes.
The book is, in fact, a document, which Senator Chandio has painstakingly compiled sifting through Bhutto’s speeches delivered on different occasions.
The writer has preserved the assassinated leader’s views about the key policy issues and the challenges Pakistani nation was confronting with and is faced with even today.
For the readers as well as researchers, 307-page book serves as a reference book as it gives detailed information about Bhutto’s concept of democracy and struggle for democracy; his views on Pakistan’s nuclear and foreign policy; challenges to Pakistan’s economy; Bhutto’s expectations from youth; his idea of a homogenous civil society; his analysis and views about the separation of East Pakistan; contours of Pak-India bilateral relations; 1973 Constitution; industrial, agriculture and banking sector’s uplift; education, health and local bodies; concerns for minorities and above all his dream of progressive and prosperous Pakistan.
In the book Senator Chandio has revealed some hidden but pleasing aspects of Bhutto’s personality including strong sense nationalism and his opposition to capitalism. Bhutto identified himself with the downtrodden, unprivileged, oppressed class of the society and never shied from expressing his passion for the poor. Online
