Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan bala'in Gabashin Pakistan
, wanda ya biyo bayan "Yakin hunturu na 1971", Bhutto ya zama shugaban kasa a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1971. Bayan an nada shi Shugaban kasa, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ya kira Aziz Ahmed daga ritaya kuma ya nada shi Ministan Harkokin Waje. Daga baya, an dauki Aziz Ahmed a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan amintattun Bhutto kuma an nada shi Ministan Harkokin Tsaro da Harkokin Waje kuma a karshe a matsayin Ministan Harkokin Waje na 'yan watanni, kafin a hambarar da gwamnati a juyin mulkin soja na 1977. Aziz Ahmed ya taimaka wajen sasanta yarjejeniyar Simla tsakanin Pakistan da Indiya a 1972 da kuma shirya taron kolin Musulunci a Lahore a 1974, inda ya jagoranci tawagar Pakistan. A matsayinsa na Ministan Tsaro, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen sake gina karfin tsaron Pakistan bayan yakin 1971 da Indiya, da kuma ci gaban shirin nukiliyar Kasar. Aziz ya shawo kan Richard Nixon don tabbatar da samar da makamai zuwa Pakistan don magance rinjaye na Indiya da kuma makamai.