The Bhutto Dynasty The Struggle for Power in Pakistan

The Bhutto family has long been one of the most ambitious and powerful in Pakistan. But politics has cost the Bhuttos dear. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto widely regarded as the most astute politician in the country's history was removed from power in 1977 and executed two years later at the age of fifty-one. Of his four children three met unnatural deaths Shahnawaz was poisoned in 1985 at the age of twenty-seven Murtaza was shot by the police outside his home in 1996 aged forty-two and Benazir Bhutto who led the Pakistan Peoples Party and became Prime Minister twice was killed by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in 2007 aged fifty-four. Drawing on original research and unpublished documents gathered over twenty years Owen Bennett-Jones explores the turbulent existence of this extraordinary family including their volatile relationship with British colonialists the Pakistani armed forces and the United States. Review Owen Bennett-Jones's magisterial and vivid account of the Bhutto dynasty began as a biography of Benazir Bhutto a political leader he got to know and interview and then extended back into the political landscape of the Bhuttos' fiefdom in rural Sindh. -- The WireIn The Bhutto Dynasty author and journalist Owen Bennett-Jones brings forth an investigative narrative that explores the legacy of this influential family from Pakistan and its turbulent political journey. -- FirstPostIn The Bhutto Dynasty author and journalist Owen Bennett-Jones brings forth an investigative narrative that explores the legacy of this influential family from Pakistan and its turbulent political journey. -- Indian Express About the Author Owen Bennett-Jones has reported for the BBC from over sixty countries. He is the author ofPakistan Eye of the Storm. Bennett-Jones has won journalism prizes and written for theFinancial Times the Guardian and theLondon Review of Books. He lives in Anglesey Wales.