KARACHI: Sindh Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to declare the late former prime minister and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto a national democratic hero.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah submitted a resolution declaring Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as a national democratic hero in the Sindh Assembly.

Speaking in the Sindh Assembly, Murad Ali Shah said that the Supreme Court itself has admitted that a mistake has been made in the Bhutto case, and the constitution will have to be amended to end the atrocities.

Chief Minister Sindh said that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto should be officially declared a martyr.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement(MQM) member Abdul Waseem said that grandfather was hanged and grandson heard the verdict. He said “We are living in a country where justice is lacking”.

Muhammad Farooq, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami(JI), supported the resolution and said that the country and the nation have suffered a loss. He said even today a prime minister is in jail and he was punished in the name of marriage. He demanded punish the democratic people on the basis of evidence, not on the basis of force and coercion.

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Shabbir Qureshi, an independent candidate supported by Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI), said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave awareness to the people, it has been proven how those who fight for the people are treated.