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Thousands mark end of Bhutto's mourning
Thousands of people have gathered at slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's tomb to mark the end of her party's 40 days of mourning.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:09 February 7, 2008
- Supporters of slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto light torches as they prepare for the 40th day of mourning in Hyderabad.
- Image Credit: EPA
Karachi: Thousands of people gathered at slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's tomb on Thursday to mark the end of her party's 40 days of mourning and relaunched campaign for the upcoming Presidential elections.
Party officials said they expected tens of thousands of people
to turn out to mark Bhutto's "chehlum", the completion of the
mourning period following her assassination on December 27.
Hundreds of mourners arrived on foot, some coming from rural villages hundreds of kilometres away.
Security was tight ahead of a speech by her widower, Asif Ali
Zardari, in which he was set to kickstart the Pakistan Peoples Party's drive for the country's crucial general elections on
February 18.
"We have to win this election in our leader's words,
democracy is the best revenge," shouted mourner Nabi Bux Kalhoro as songs of mourning blared over loudspeakers.
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