First Zulfikar Ali Bhutto government

Pakistani Government (1973–1977)

First Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Government

17th and 18th Cabinet of Pakistan
1973-1977
Date formed| 14 August 1973
Date dissolved| 30 March 1977
People and organisations
Head of state| Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Head of government| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Member party|  Pakistan People's Party
Status in legislature| Majority government

85 / 146 (58%)

History
Legislature terms| 5th National Assembly of Pakistan
Successor| Second Zulfikar
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

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* Early life
* Political career
* Burial

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Political views

* Bhuttoism
* Socialism

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Elections

* 1970
* 1977

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Political parties

* Pakistan People's Party (1967 onwards)
* Convention Muslim League (before 1967)

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Foreign Minister

* Sino-Pakistan Agreement
* Operation Gibraltar

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President of Pakistan

* Simla Agreement
* 1973 Constitution
* Federal Security Force
* Hamoodur Rahman Commission
* Utility Stores Corporation

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Prime Minister of Pakistan

* 1970s operation in Balochistan
* 1973 Iraqi embassy raid
* 1974 Anti-Ahmadiyya riots
* Project-706
* Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan
* I
* II
* III
* IV
* V
* VI
* VII
* Nationalization process
* Foreign policy
* Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution
* Federal Investigation Agency
* National Fertilizer Corporation
* Pakistan Steel Mills
* Hyderabad tribunal

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Downfall

* 1977 Pakistani military coup
* Execution

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Bibliography

* Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan

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Gallery: Picture, Sound, Video

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The First Zulfikar Ali Bhutto government was the government of Pakistan led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from 1973 until 1977. It was formed after the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan was passed by the Parliament of Pakistan which fully re-established Pakistan as a parliamentary democracy.[1][2] The government would oversee two different cabinets due to reshuffles, the First Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Cabinet ruled from 1973 until 1974, when the cabinet was reshuffled by Bhutto to the Second Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Cabinet which ruled from 1974 to 1977, which is when general elections were held, and the government was succeeded.[3]

The prime minister of the government, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was acclaimed as a powerful and skilled politician[4] who had served as President of Pakistan under a presidential system government from 1971 to 1973. He was sworn in as the prime minister of the country on 14 August 1973, after securing 108 votes in a house of 146 members. Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry was elected as the president under the new constitution.[5] During its five years of government, the Bhutto administration implemented extensive reforms at every level of governance.[6] Capital and Western reforms initiated and built in 1947 were transformed and replaced with a socialist system throughout the 1970s with extensive nationalization.[6] Bhutto's policies were perceived as people-friendly but failed to yield long-lasting effects, and civil disorder against Bhutto and his administration began to escalate in his second government in 1977.[7]

## First cabinet (1973–1974)

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Name  | Portfolio  | Period

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | 1\. Prime Minister

2\. Cabinet Division
3\. Ministry of Defence
4\. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
5\. Ministry of Industries
6\. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission

| 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Jalaludin Abdur Rahim | 1\. Ministry of Production
2\. Town Planning & Agrovilles
3\. Ministry of Commerce  | 17 August 1973 to 2 July 1974
Abdul Qayyum Khan | Ministry of Interior, States & Frontier Regions and Kashmir Affairs  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Mubashir Hassan | Ministry of Finance, Planning & Development  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Hayat Sherpao | Ministry of Fuel, Power and Natural Resources  | 17 August 1973 to 13 February 1974
Sheikh Mohammad Rashid | 1\. Ministry of Health & Social Welfare
2\. Chairman, Federal Land Commission  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
23 December 1973 to 22 October 1974
Khurshid Hasan Meer  | 1\. Minister without portfolio
2\. Looked after the work of Establishment Division and Ministry of Science and Technology
3\. Ministry of Communications
4\. Ministry of Railways (Temporarily)  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
23 December 1973 to 22 October 1974
30 August 1974 to 22 October 1974
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi | Ministry of Political Affairs & Communications  | 17 August 1973 to 23 December 1973
Abdul Hafiz Pirzada | 1\. Ministry of Education and Provincial Coordination
2\. Ministry of Law & Parliamentary Affairs  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Maulana Kausar Niazi | Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Auqaf and Hajj  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Ghous Bakhsh Raisani | Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Rural Development  | 17 August 1973 to 13 February 1974
Muhammad Hanif  | 1\. Ministry of Labour & Works
2\. Ministry of Fuel, Power and Natural Resources (Temporarily)  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
13 February 1974 to 22 October 1974
Tridev Roy | Ministry of Minorities Affairs & Tourism  | 14 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Rafi Raza  | 1\. Production
2\. Commerce  | 3 July 1974 to 22 October 1974
Mahmud Ali | National Affairs, Overseas Pakistanis and Prisons  | 14 August 1973 to 13 February 1974
Jamal Dar | Public Affairs  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974
Aziz Ahmad | Defence and Foreign Affairs  | 17 August 1973 to 22 October 1974

## Second cabinet (1974–1977)

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As part of a reshuffle, Prime minister Ali Bhutto removed certain ministers. The new ministers were sworn in October 1974.[8]

Name  | Portfolio  | Period

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | 1\. Prime Minister

2\. Ministry of Defence
3\. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4\. Ministry of Interior, States and Frontier Regions

| 22 October 1974 to 28 March 1977
22 October 1974 to 28 March 1977
13 January 1977 to 28 March 1977
Abdul Qayyum Khan | Ministry of Interior, States & Frontier Regions  | 22 October 1974 to 13 January 1977
Sheikh Mohammad Rashid | 1\. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Cooperative Works, Under Developed Areas and Land Reforms  | 22 October 1974 to 5 February 1976
5 September 1976 to 28 March 1977
Khurshid Hasan Meer  | Ministry of Labour, Health, Social Welfare and Population Planning  | 22 October 1974 to 18 December 1974
Abdul Hafiz Pirzada | 1\. Ministry of Education, Science & Technology and Provincial Coordination
2\. Ministry of Education and Provincial Coordination  | 22 October 1974 to 5 February 1976
5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan | Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Affairs  | 22 October 1974 to 28 March 1977
Malik Meraj Khalid | 1\. Ministry of Law & Parliamentary Affairs
2\. Ministry of Labour, Health Social Welfare and Population Planning
3\. Ministry of Social Welfare, Local Government, and Rural Development  | 22 October 1974 to 5 February 1976
21 December 1974 to 10 January 1975
5 February 1976 to 27 March 1977
Mumtaz Bhutto | Ministry of Communications  | 22 October 1974 to 28 March 1977
Rafi Raza  | Ministry of Production Industries and Town Planning  | 22 October 1974 to 28 March 1977
Maulana Kausar Niazi | 1\. Ministry of Religious Affairs
2\. Ministry of Religious Affairs, Minority Affairs and Overseas Pakistanis  | 22 October 1974 to 5 February 1976
5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Yusuf Khattak | Ministry of Fuel, Power and Natural Resources  | 22 October 1974 to 13 January 1977
Mir Afzal Khan | 1\. Ministry of Commerce
2\. Ministry of Commerce and Tourism  | 22 October 1974 to 5 February 1976
5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Yahya Bakhtiar | Attorney General for Pakistan  | 22 October 1974 to 28 March 1977
Hafizullah Cheema  | 1\. Ministry of Labour, Health, Social Welfare and Population Planning
2\. Ministry of Railways  | 10 January 1975 to 5 February 1976
5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Syed Qaim Ali Shah | 1\. Ministry of Industries, Kashmir Affairs & Northern Affairs
2\. Ministry of Agrarian Management, Kashmir Affairs & Northern Affairs  | 5 February 1976 to 17 July 1976
17 July 1976 to 28 March 1977
Malik Mohammad Akhtar | 1\. Ministry of Law & Parliamentary Affairs
2\. Ministry of Fuel Power and Natural Resources  | 5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
20 January 1977 to 28 March 1977
Mohammad Haneef Khan  | Ministry of Information & Broadcasting  | 5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Syed Nasir Ali Rizvi | Ministry of Housing & Works and Urban Development  | 5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Taj Muhammad Jamali | Ministry of Labour, Manpower, Health and Population Planning  | 5 February 1976 to 28 March 1977
Mian Mohammad Ataullah  | Ministry of Industries  | 17 July 1976 to 28 March 1977

## References

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1. ^ "Pakistan's Parliament Elects Bhutto as Prime Minister". 13 August 1973 - via NYTimes.com.
2. ^ https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Federal Cabinet 1947/10b Prime Ministers ist Cab 14 Aug73 to 22 Oct74.pdf
3. ^ Federal Cabinet Since 1947, Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan
4. ^ "Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: A Dominant Force in Pakistan for Two Decades". The New York Times. 4 April 1979. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
5. ^ Raza, pp. 15–17
6. ^ a b "Pakistan - ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
7. ^ "The Rise and Fall of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto". Open The Magazine. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
8. ^ https://cabinet.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Federal Cabinet 1947/10c Prime Ministers 2nd Cab 22Oct74 to 28 Mar 77.pdf

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