ZULFIKAR’S ASCENT

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s courage as he awaited death and his refusal to beg for mercy have been so thoroughly documented and widely admired that it is difficult to imagine him ever having been scared. But at the age of four, when Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto was away in London for the Round Table Conference, Zulfikar and his five-year-old elder sister Munawar were left behind in Larkana. By day, the servants thrilled the children with tales of a daring bandit who roamed the locality. At night, fearing the outlaw might break into their home, the two siblings retreated to beds on a