Mumtaz Bhutto

| Parents = Nawab Nabi Bux Bhutto

Mumtaz Ali Bhutto (Urdu: ممتاز علی بھٹو ‎) (born 28 November 1933^[1]) is the first cousin of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, chairman of the Sindh National Front and Sindh Qaumi Itehad. Mumtaz Bhutto was the founding member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), former federal minister, Governor of Sindh and Chief Minister of Sindh.

Early life

Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was born on 28 November 1933 in the village of Pir Bux Bhutto, Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. Before independence his father Nawab Nabi Bux Khan Bhutto was a member of the legislative assembly, and had strong political background.

Education

Bhutto attended St George's College in Mussoorie, India, and then Lawrence College, Murree, after independence of Pakistan. He got his 'barrister' degree from Lincoln's Inn, and undergraduate and 'master' degrees in 1959 from Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

Political career

Bhutto became a member of the National Assembly at the age of 32 years on 5 March 1965. When he and his cousin Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announced for a new political party 'Pakistan Peoples Party' PPP on 30 March 1967, he also became the founding member and principal executive committee member of the party. He and his cousin Zulfikar Ali Bhutto fought the election of 17 March 1970 against Muhammad Ayub Khuhro and Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah. He got a victory against Qazi Fazalullah.

His cousin, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and Mumtaz Ali Bhutto became Governor of Sindh on 24 December 1971, then Chief Minister of Sindh Province on 1 May 1972. His cousin always used to call him a "talented cousin".

Chief Minister

As a Chief Minister he announced Sindhi language as the official language of the Province. On 7 March 1977 he won a National Assembly seat and became a Federal Minister. In the year of 1977 his cousin nominated him as a president of "PPP.Sindh". He was arrested during the struggle against the arrest of his cousin, and then exiled by General Zia's government. On 31 March 1985 he announced for a new political Alliance named "Sindhi Baloch Pashtun Front" at London to propagate ethnic nationalism in Pakistan. He also announced support for a new constitutional framework for Pakistan as a weak federation. He became the convenor of the alliance for Pakistan, returned to Pakistan and once again arrested by the military government of Zia. On 31 March 1989 he called the workers convention at Hyderabad Sindh and announced a new political party named 'Sindh National Front' S.N.F. He was elected to a seat in the provincial assembly from Larkana on 6 October 1993. On 6 November 1996 he became the Chief Minister of Sindh. Now he is the Chairman of S.N.F, which is the largest ethnic nationalist party of Sindh, and also the Chief of the 'Bhutto' community of Pakistan.

He has two sons Ameer Bux Bhutto and Ali Hyder Bhutto.

Criticisms of Asif Zardari

Mumtaz Bhutto has been a critic of Asif Ali Zardari who he accuses of corruption and usurping the Pakistan Peoples Party by the using the Bhutto family name to gain power.

See also

• Bhutto
• Bhutto family

References

Sindhi nationalism Historic figures Raja Dahir Jam Nizamuddin II Mian Adam Shah Kalhoro Gernal Hosh Mohammad Sheedi Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi Molana Ubaidullah Sindhi Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mir Sher Muhammad Talpur Dodo Bin Khafef Soomro III Modern figures G. M. Syed Shafi Muhammad Burfat Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Ayaz Latif Palijo Baba-e-Sindh Comrade Hyder Bux Jatoi Bashir Qureshi Qadir Magsi Rasul Bux Palejo Sajjad shar Mumtaz Bhutto Safdar Sarki Zarina Baloch Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo Benazir Bhutto Asif Ali Zardari Culture Ajrak Sindhi cap Sindh Culture Day Sindhi tribes Malakhra Sassui Punhun Pakistan khappay Sindhudesh Poets Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Sachal Sarmast Tajal Bewas Shaikh Ayaz Sami Contemporary controversies Sindhudesh Kalabagh Dam Human rights abuses in Sindh Battles and conflicts Debal Battle of Fatehpur (1519) Battle of Dubbo Battle of Hyderabad Battle of Miani Battle of Halani Battle of Kachhi Political parties Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party Awami Tehreek Sindh National Front Sindh United Party Sindh National Party Sindh Hari Committee Militant Organizations Sindhudesh Liberation Army Non profit organizations World Sindhi Congress World Sindhi Institute