Political observers were quick to equate the “stunt” with one pulled by former PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto more than four decades back. That time too, Khan was leading a procession to Islamabad to force the resignation of scandal-hit PM Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan’s first PM Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in 1951 while addressing a rally in Rawalpindi. Following Pakistan’s humiliating defeat to India in the 1971 war which led to Bangladesh’s independence, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto took over as President. READ | Did former Pakistan PM Imran Khan predict his own assassination weeks before Wazirabad rally?

Source: dna November 04, 2022 04:04 UTC