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Events on Thursday 5 January 1928 1
1928 – 1979Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979)Died 4 April 1979, aged 51Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan, was executed by hanging after being convicted of authorizing a political murder, a trial widely regarded as a judicial farce. He had been overthrown in a 1977 military coup by General Zia-ul-Haq. His execution on 4 April 1979 remains one of the most controversial episodes in Pakistani history.