Tariq Islam on Bhutto execution date
- Title
- Tariq Islam on Bhutto execution date
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 27 Mar 1979
- Year of production
- 1979
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- Duration
- 00:05:38
- Description
- Tariq Islam, nephew of condemned former Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, describes the appalling conditions in which his uncle is being held captive. He says that under Islamic law a man cannot be condemned solely on the basis of a confession. Bhutto is being held captive on murder charges in Pakistan and could be executed in the coming weeks. His nephew describes how Bhutto is refusing to ask for mercy as he is an innocent man. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Tariq Islam
- Keywords
- Government; Death penalty; Prisons; Pakistan; Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; Murder trials; Prime ministers; Legal systems; Imprisonment; Trials; Politicians; Executions; Islamic law; Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq; Political trials
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LBC/IRN, "Tariq Islam on Bhutto execution date". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0003400415001 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)