The body of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto arrived in southern Sindh province before dawn Friday for
burial in the family's graveyard.
A Pakistan Air Force plane landed in southern city of Sukkur
from where the body and members of her family were flown by
helicopter to Naudero, Bhutto's spokesman Farhatullah Babar told
media.
Her husband Asif Zardari, their three children and some senior
leaders of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) travelled on the
plane.
Bhutto will be buried in the ancestral graveyard in Garhi Khuda
Bakhsh near the grave of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Babar
said.
Her family members and close relatives will have a last glimpse
of the body before funeral prayers scheduled for noon (0830 GMT),
he said.
Security was tight in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh as thousands of her
party members and supporters were expected to attend the burial
ceremony.
Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a gun and bomb attack that
killed around 20 people as she left a party rally in the garrison
city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad.
Bhutto, a two-time former prime minister, was spearheading the
PPP's campaign for Jan. 8 general elections.
(Xinhua via Agencies December 28, 2007)
