47th martyrdom anniversary today: Bilawal pays glowing tributes to ZAB

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has paid glowing tribute to the party’s founding Chairman, Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, on his martyrdom anniversary, saying that he was a visionary statesman whose sacrifice became the eternal voice of democracy and the dignity of the people.

According to the press release issued by the Media Cell of Bilawal House on Friday, the PPP chairman said that the country’s first elected prime minister, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was the architect of a Pakistan where power rests with the people and where the sun of hope rises each day from the hearts of the deprived.

He added that the martyrdom of Quaid-e-Awam was not the silencing of a voice, but the awakening of a nation’s conscience.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto stands as a towering and multidimensional statesman in history, who reshaped Pakistan’s political and social course.

He said Bhutto Shaheed gifted the nation the unanimously adopted Constitution of 1973, empowered the people with the strength of their vote, established institutions reflecting the will of the masses, introduced historic agrarian and industrial reforms to uplift workers and farmers, laid the foundation of the nuclear program to make national sovereignty inviolable, and strengthened Pakistan’s position on the global stage. This, he said, is a legacy that continues to guide Pakistan’s democratic journey.

On the occasion of the 47th martyrdom anniversary of the Bhutto Shaheed, the PPP Chairman also highlighted the struggle and sacrifices of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the first woman Prime Minister of the Muslim world, saying that she carried forward Quaid-e-Awam’s legacy with unmatched courage and dignity, emerging as a symbol of resistance against dictatorship.

He said her life was not only a continuation of Bhutto Shaheed’s mission, but also a powerful reaffirmation that the struggle for democracy, justice, and equality must endure across generations.

Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that on this solemn day of April 4, every patriotic Pakistani remembers Quaid-e-Awam with reverence and renews the resolve to build the Pakistan he envisioned—a strong, democratic, and welfare state. “His dream remains a sacred trust with us,” he concluded.

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