Umar Rehman Malik pays tribute to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for making defence invincible
Abdullah Jan
Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Umar Rehman Malik this week paid tribute to PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for making the country’s defence invincible.
“Today, we commemorate Pakistan’s achievement of becoming a peaceful nuclear power. This milestone reflects the visionary leadership of Shaheed #ZulfiqarAliBhutto. We honor all who contributed to this national cause to secure Pakistan’s sovereignty,” he said in a statement on Youm-e-Takbeer.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is considered as an architect of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. After the debacle of East Pakistan the hostility aggravated due to nuclear explosion by India in 1974.
Pakistan perceived it as a threat to its existence. Therefore, Pakistan embarked upon an ambitious journey of developing its own nuclear weapons to counter Indian threat.
The end of Second World War gave birth to many new nation states. Newly born states were fragile and weak and were dependent on developed countries.
These states faced harsh attitude from international community. Bhutto felt the pain for Asians, Africans, and for Latin Americans, for that matter all marginalized communities of the world.
The procurement of nuclear-tech venture was a step to break that hegemony of developed states that harass the third world due to their superiority in nuclear field.
In Pakistan, there were some people who were against
Bhutto felt deeply the pain of being bullied by stronger nations. After the Indian nuclear test in May 1974, he remarked that Pakistan will develop an atomic bomb even if its people will have to eat grass.
Bhutto geared all his efforts assiduously and with determination in acquiring nuclear capability for the country. He made arrangements for the youth to acquire education from foreign universities such as in Europe and North America to get training in nuclear technology.
Bhutto reaffirmed that Pakistan has the brain power, and also had a nuclear plant at Karachi, and it only required a nuclear reprocessing plant.
