Shah Nawaz Bhutto

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Shah Nawaz Bhutto (Sindhi:شھنواز ڀٽو)(Urdu: شاہ نواز بھٹو) was a well known feudal lord and politician hailing from Larkana in Sindh province of Pakistan. Before the independence, he was the Dewan (minister) of Junagadh state. He with G. M. Sayed founded Sindh Peoples Pary for the first time in the decade of 1940's. Besides he was the father of the 1st elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who acheived the political recognition much after his fathers death. In the capacity of Dewan of Junagadh Shah Nawaz Bhutto forced the Nawab of Junagadh to sign annexation of Junagadh state into Pakistan but India did not accept this and sent its military into the state and forcibly annexed Junagadh state with India. He was married to Khursheed Begum.

Shah Nawaz Bhutto, one of the wealthiest and most influential landowners of Sindh, was a good friend of Governor General (later President) Iskander Mirza. Mirza had been a regular guest for the annual hunt in Larkana, staying at Al-Murtaza (the Bhutto family home). In the winter of 1955-1956, he brought General Ayub Khan along to Larkana for the hunt, and both generals enjoyed the hospitality of the Bhutto family.