The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) adopted a resolution on Sunday, demanding that the federal government declare former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto a national democratic hero and put his picture on currency notes, ARY News reported. 

The resolution was passed during a seminar titled ‘Bhutto Reference and History’, discussing the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference.

The resolution praised the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to acknowledge that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto didn’t get a fair trial, which resulted in his execution. The resolution called on the federal government to give him the title of “Quaid-e-Awam” (Leader of the People) and to award him the highest civilian honour, Nishan-e-Pakistan.

On March 6, the SC announced that the former prime minister, who was hanged 44 years ago, didn’t get a fair trial. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was hanged in 1979 after a trial under the military regime of the late General Zia-ul-Haq.