Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Speech Analysis

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The text is a speech of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who at that time representing Pakistan in Security Council. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is a renowned Politician and founder of a Political party in Pakistan, “Pakistan People’s Party” meaning party of the people of Pakistan. The present and permanent constitution of Pakistan is formulated under his guidance when he was in power after the fall of East Pakistan. He attains attention of people of Pakistan after his speech in Security Council when he pledges the case of Pakistan in United Nations in 1971. After his this speech he emerges as a leader of most of the people of West Pakistan. Moreover in the elections of 1971 he won most of the seats in West Pakistan as he mentioned himself in the given draft “I …show more content…

These are not the tactics of a diplomat. One cannot convince someone by pointing out one’s flaws. Moreover at some occasions he makes use of rude words. For example using a ‘short sighted’ word for Indians and declaring that they have no vision, in page 2, paragraph 4, line 1). And in the same time he asks for better relations between Pakistan and India. A good diplomat is the one who thinks for the country first and then for himself but Bhutto throughout his speech shares personal references and keep his country in the background. For example he says,” Yesterday my eleven year old son telephoned me from Karachi and said "Do not come back with a document of surrender. We do not want to see you back in Pakistan if you do that My people must know. I have not come here to accept abject." I will not take back a document of surrender from the Security Council. I will not be a party to the legalization of aggression” (page 1 paragraph 3 line 14). Addressing on such a serious issue speaker should be aware of the principles of diplomacy. Moreover Bhutto says,” I have got no stakes left for the moment. That is why I am speaking the truth from my heart” (page 2 paragraph 2 line 1). Question arises that what he means from stake? Is that about East Pakistan? Is that East Pakistan that he loses at that moment? But the history tells that …show more content…

If he does then it will be clearer for readers to know the nature of events that lead to the fall of East Pakistan. This fall is due to the injustice that politicians of West Pakistan did to the people of East Pakistan. It was this injustice that provided India with a chance to exploit the people of East Pakistan, to make them against the West Pakistan. In general elections of 1971 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto won most of the seats in West Pakistan and Sheikh Mujeeb Ur Rahman, leader of Awami league, won most of the seats in East Pakistan and the overall election was won by Awami League. The results of the elections were as follows: Awami league swept in east Pakistan while Pakistan People’s party won 81 seats out of 138 in west Pakistan(dawn). According to justice, power should be transferred to Awami league but due to the racist minds of most of the politicians in West Pakistan this was not happened (Tanqeed). That creates a sense of discrimination among the people of East Pakistan. Moreover Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is the one who after the results of general elections of 1971 raise a slogan “tum wahan hum yahan” meaning you (I.E. East Pakistani now the Bengalis) are no longer compatible. This slogan further increases the distance between East and West Pakistan and after that, civil disobedience gain momentum in East Pakistan. Furthermore

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