PPP yakanga iri mumakwikwi akananga neAwami League nePakistan Muslim League (PML) panguva yesarudzo huru dza1970. Kurwira simba pakati pemapato maviri uye chiito chechiuto chakazotevera muEast-Pakistan chakatungamirira kuhondo inotyisa
neIndia iyo yakatungamirira kuparadzaniswa kweEast Pakistan muna 1971.