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Pakistan turns out to bury former first lady Nusrat Bhutto
Thousands mourn the mother of assassinated Benazir Bhutto, who died in Dubai aged 82
Nusrat Bhutto was buried in the family’s mausoleum in Naudero in Larkana in the southern Sindh province. A Pakistani army helicopter carries the coffin, next to a portrait of her late husband Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Pakistani Prime Minister and President. (AFP/Getty Images)
Activists of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which the family led and ran, carry the coffin during the funeral ceremony. Thousands of mourners led by President Asif Ali Zardari turned up for the burial. (AFP/Getty Images)
Nusrat’s husband, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was the founder of the PPP, and Pakistan’s first democratically elected leader. Nusrat Bhutto was herself also elected twice to the Pakistani parliament, and led the PPP until the mid-1980s. (AFP/Getty Images)
Her daughter, Benazir Bhutto who took over the post when her mother retired, served twice as Prime Minister, but was assassinated in 2007 after returning to the country to participate in elections following years of exile. (AFP/Getty Images)
The PPP continues to lead Pakistan today. Benazir’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, is now Pakistan’s president. (AFP/Getty Images)
Zardari (L) and his son Bilawal Bhutto (R) offer funeral prayers to the late former first lady during the ceremony. (AFP/Getty Images)
Activists of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) light candles in remembrance of Nusrat Bhutto in Lahore. (AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistan Blogzine release balloons in remembrance. (AFP/Getty Images)
