Remembering 1979 Execution Of Pakistani Politician [podcast 7 min 50 sec]

Journalist and author Ahmed Rashid talks with Steve Inskeep about the 1979 hanging of a democratically-elected leader in Pakistan. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was overthrown by a general who Islamicized Pakistani society. To this day, Pakistan has been plagued by internal tension between the more radical and the more secular elements of its society.