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- Murtaza Bhutto lived in exile in Syria for 16 years following the 1977 military coup that ousted his father. Murtaza was thrown in jail after returning to Pakistan, accused of masterminding the 1981 hijacking of a Pakistani Airlines plane that left one passenger dead.
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In 1981, he claimed responsibility for the murder of conservative politician Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi, and the hijacking of a Pakistan International Airlines airplane from Karachi, during which a hostage was killed.
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Jun 1, 2021 · On March 6, 1981, with Zia refusing to give in to the hijackers demands, Rahim was taken to the front of the plane, beaten, shot by Tipu and his body thrown out of the fuselage onto the tarmac....
Jun 1, 2021 · On March 6, 1981, with Zia refusing to give in to the hijackers demands, Rahim was taken to the front of the plane, beaten, shot by Tipu and his body thrown out of the fuselage onto the tarmac. Ever since the hijack in 1981 there has been controversy about Murtaza’s role in these events.
Sep 20, 2019 · During the hijacking of a PIA plane in 1981 in which more than 200 political activists were freed from Zia’s notorious torture cells and incarceration, a military captain was killed. This was also a period when a mass revolt was simmering in society against Zia’s regime.
The plane was first forced to land at Kabul airport, and was then flown to Damascus. Although undertaken to 'avenge Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's hanging by Zia', the hijacking was at once condemned by the young co-chairperson of the PPP, Benazir Bhutto, who was languishing in a Karachi jail.
Mar 3, 2017 · On this day, 36 years ago on March 2, 1981, an incident caused colossal political damage not only to democratic struggle against military dictatorship but also to the Pakistan Peoples Party, causing a split in the Bhutto family.
Mar 12, 2021 · The hijackers, who seized the aircraft 11 days ago and took it to Afghanistan first and Syria after that, agreed to release the hostages after they saw the prisoners. It’s over, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Syria, Sarfraz Ahmed told newsmen. Meanwhile, Murtaza Bhutto has denied any involvement in the hijacking.
