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| Thousands greet BB in Larkana |
| 2007-10-28 |
| Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto visited her father and founder of PPP Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s mausoleum in her ancestral village of Garhi Khuda Bux amid tight security on Saturday. She remained inside the tomb for around an hour and prayed over the graves of the elder Bhutto and her brothers, Mir Murtaza Bhutto and Shahnawaz Bhutto. Later, she inspected renovation and construction work at the tomb, and waved at the supporters gathered outside from a balcony. Reportedly, no one was allowed into the mausoleum prior to Benazir’s arrival, and even PPP legislators were not allowed in once she went inside. Thousands of people waiting for her arrival outside the mausoleum since early in the morning raised placards and shouted slogans against the government and in favour of Benazir. Several diehard supporters were seen wearing dresses made out of PPP flags. “I feel very emotional. I wanted to visit the tomb of my father, the leader of the people, and offer prayers,” Reuters quoted Bhutto as telling reporters afterwards, before being driven to her family home flanked by paramilitaries in jeeps mounted with machineguns. |
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