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[3] The prime minister of the government, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was acclaimed as a powerful and skilled politician[4] who had served as President of Pakistan under a presidential system government from 1971 to 1973.

He was sworn in as the prime minister of the country on 14 August 1973, after securing 108 votes in a house of 146 members.

[6] Capital and Western reforms initiated and built in 1947 were transformed and replaced with a socialist system throughout the 1970s with extensive nationalization.

[6] Bhutto's policies were perceived as people-friendly but failed to yield long-lasting effects, and civil disorder against Bhutto and his administration began to escalate in his second government in 1977.