KARACHI: Pakistan People?s Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto celebrated on Friday the 90th birthday of party founder and former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

The PPP chairperson also addressed a gathering at the occasion. 

Earlier,  PPP Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari addressed a rally celebrating the 90th birthday of former prime minister Bhutto with a rally in Mirpurkhas today.

Pakistan is currently in difficult times due to inefficient politicians as they failed to fulfill their purpose, he said.

Zardari lamented that Pakistan?s lack of foreign minister in the past reflected badly on its international affairs.

?They have appointed a foreign minister that speaks English in Punjabi,? mocked the former president.

One of the country?s most charismatic and popular leaders, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was born on January 5, 1928 in Ratodero Taluka, Larkana. He served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that as the fourth President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973.

Bhutto founded the PPP on November 30, 1967. The party, through a mass mandate, managed to form the federal government thrice in its 50-year political journey. The PPP is known for braving the harsh dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq, who not only dismissed the Bhutto-led government but was also perceived to be involved in the controversial decision against Bhutto, leading to his hanging on April 4, 1979.