C)why was zulfiqar Ali Bhutto arrested and subsequently executed in 1979.
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Z.A. Bhutto had an authoritarian style of governance. The focal point of political power, therefore lay with the party leadership, specially its Chairman Bhutto himself. As his industrial and educational reforms began to lose popularity, Bhutto was sharply criticized. Nationalization of industries led to a decline in economic growth. Similarly, nationalization of private educational institutes resulted in overcrowded classrooms and poor pace of improvement in literacy rate. The election results of 1977 were rejected by the combined opposition, the PNA (Pakistan National Alliance) on the basis of large scale rigging in elections, though rigging had been reported only in some constituencies. Bhutto miscalculated the opposition and was forced to negotiate with the PNA but it was too late. The Army took it Bhutto’s weakness, and the military chief General Zia ul Haq toppled his government on 5th July, 1977 and thus 3rd Martial Law was imposed on Pakistan. Bhutto and opposition leaders were arrested. Zia announced holding of elections in 90 days and allowed political activity. Bhutto, having a strong “personality charisma”, began to attract huge rallies. He threatened to frame Zia in a case of high treason once he was re-elected as PM. Zia was alarmed and postponed the elections. An old murder case against Bhutto was reopened: murder of Nawab Muhammad Khan, father of Ahmad Raza Kasuri who was a PPP leader but had developed differences with Bhutto. The Lahore High Court and then the Supreme Court of Pakistan awarded death sentence to Bhutto. He refused to extend a mercy petition before the President Zia and was hanged till death in the Rawalpindi jail on 4th April, 1979.