he was educated at the university of california, berkeley in the united states and oxford university in the united kingdom. bhutto was executed by hanging in 1979 for ordering the murder of a political opponent. his execution was ordered by general muhammad zia-ul-haq. bhutto's supporters give him the honorific title shaheed, the urdu word for martyr. his name then becomes shaheed-e-azam zulfiqar ali bhutto ("the great martyr") or sometimes quaid-e-awam (the leader the community).