Pakistan is over the Bhutto trial.
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alternative to the present set-up.
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Socialist Challenge 8 February 1979 page 2 THE Supreme Court of Pakistan decided, as was expected, to uphold the verdict of the High Court and confirm the death sentence on Zulfigar Ali Bhutto. The fact that it could do so only by a margin of 4-3 is, in itself, a reflection of how deeply split We have no sympathies with Mr Bhutto's brand of politics. But we are nonetheless totally opposed to a military regime hanging him or any other civilian politician. In these situations we can only demand that the people of Pakistan are allowed to determine the If Zia hangs Bhutto, the country will fall apart in years rathe than decades. There will be enormous pressure on him to Bhutto live, not least because of the situation in Afghanistan and Iran. However Zia also knows that Bhutto alive is a permanent made outside Pakistan. It is in Washington and Saudi Arabia that the serious discussions are uitimately compelled to make, the realities are overpowering. Pakistan is a state without a