Chakar Ali Khan Junejo (5 December 1928 – 31 October 1997) was Ambassador of Pakistan to the

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and a

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. Khan was born in a Sindhi Junejo Muslim family.

Career

Junejo was a close associate of

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister and politician who served as the fourth president of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and later as the ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan from 19 ...

, who became prime minister of Pakistan. The association started in early 1950s during student life in London and continued as the

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

emerged as the party of the masses in Pakistan. He was a member of a prominent land-owning Junejo family of

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, stood up to coercive pressures of the dictator,

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also se ...

, enduring political arrests including solitary confinement, for his friend and the party. He was the Author of "''Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: A Memoir"''.

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1928 births 1997 deaths Sindhi people Ambassadors of Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates {{pakistan-diplomat-stub