Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was born on January 5th,1928, in Larkana. He belongs from a wealthy and influential family of Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto. His father Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto was a famous politician of that time who actively participates in the politics of Sindh and Bombay and was considered as a pioneer leader of Pakistan movement. Being born in a family having political influences, Bhutto since childhood was very much eager in solving issues related to people. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the son of Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto and Begum Khursheed Bhutto. He had two brothers Imad Ali Bhutto and Sikandar Ali Bhutto and two sisters namely; Munawar-e-Islam and Mumtaz begum Bhutto. Bhutto’s father immensely focuses on his education and instructiveness. He received his early education from Bishop High School, Karachi. In December 1946, he passed senior cambridge examination from Cathedral High School, Bombay and then in September 1947 went to South California University for studying political science. After a period of two years he was transferred to California University, Berkeley from where he attained his graduation degree in 1950. In the same year, he moved to United Kingdom to study law at Christ Church. By 1953, he had attained an LLB degree followed by an LLM degree in Law and M. Sc in Political Science. He then returned to Pakistan and started his professional career. He was appointed as a lecturer at Sindh Muslim Law college. After the death of his father, he took charge over management of his family's estate and business interests. He married twice in his lifetime. His first wife was Shireen Amir Begum. However, he left her to remarry Begum Nusrat Ispahani on September 8, 1951. The couple was blessed with four children.
Bhutto was the youngest politicians in Pakistan when he entered the government led by President Ayub Khan. In 1957, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became the youngest member of Pakistan’s delegation to the United Nations. When Martial Law was imposed on October 8th,1958, General Ayub Khan wanted minister who he can trust the most and should not be from the previous politicians. On the insistence of Iskandar Mirza, Bhutto was appointed as a cabinet minister in the Ministry of Water and Power. In 1960, he was given the charge of the Ministry of Commerce, Communications and Industry. Bhutto likewise marked the Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement on March 2, 1963 that exchanged 750 kilometres of region from Pakistan-regulated Kashmir to Chinese control. In 1963, he took over the post of Foreign Minister from Muhammad Ali Bogra. Bhutto also helped Ayub Khan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
He then leaves the cabinet ministry and formed his own political party. Bhutto founded the Pakistan People’s Party in 1966. In the general elections held in December 1970, P. P. P. won an expansive larger part in West Pakistan however neglected to achieve a concurrence with Sheik Mujib-ur-Rahman, the dominant part champ from East Pakistan. Taking after the 1971 War and the detachment of East Pakistan, Yahya Khan surrendered and Bhutto assumed control as President and Chief Martial Law Administrator on December 20, 1971. During his term as the President, He shaped another Constitution for the nation, transforming it from a presidential framework to a parliamentary one, wherein the President was just a nonentity and the authoritative power lay with the Prime Minister. Securing an aggregate of 108 votes from 146 individuals, he took up the position of the Prime Minister of Pakistan on August 14, 1973. In his five years of term, he made broad changes changing the industrialist and western strategy to a communist framework.
Bhutto’s other milestones includes; Economic Reforms Order Nationalisation of Key Industries in January 3, 1972, Announcement of Labour Policies in February 10, 1972, Establishment of Quaid-E-Azam University on 9th February, 1973. Bhutto nationalized many industries. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the founder of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme.
After the general elections in March 1977, COAS General Ziaul Haq imposed Martial Law unilaterally. Zia's Military Junta built up a fake legislature of PNA with CMLA as President. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was captured on July 5, 1977 and discharged on July 28, 1977.
Re-captured on September 3, 1977 from Karachi, on the charges of murder case and was executed on April 4, in spite of a disputable trial and dissent.