Marking the fifth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto

Published December 27, 2012
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (L), widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, talks to Education Minister of UAE Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan as he stands beside Buhtto's grave to mark her death anniversary at her family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December 26, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (L), widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, talks to Education Minister of UAE Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan as he stands beside Buhtto's grave to mark her death anniversary at her family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December 26, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (C) scatters rose petals on the grave of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her death anniversary at the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistan's Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf (C) scatters rose petals on the grave of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her death anniversary at the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto reads the Koran to mark her death anniversary, at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi near Islamabad December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A supporter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto reads the Koran to mark her death anniversary, at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi near Islamabad December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A man lights a candle near posters of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto (R), and the provincial minister for local government Bashir Ahmad Bilour, who was assassinated in a bomb attack on Saturday, during a vigil marking Bhutto's 6th death anniversary in Lahore December 26, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
A man lights a candle near posters of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto (R), and the provincial minister for local government Bashir Ahmad Bilour, who was assassinated in a bomb attack on Saturday, during a vigil marking Bhutto's 6th death anniversary in Lahore December 26, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto read the Koran to mark her death anniversary, at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi near Islamabad December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto read the Koran to mark her death anniversary, at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi near Islamabad December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) supporters mourn beside the grave of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her death anniversary at the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) supporters mourn beside the grave of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during her death anniversary at the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana December December 27, 2012. ? Reuters Photo
Supporters of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) arrive at the tomb of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bukash near Larkana on December 26, 2012, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her death. Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and suicide attack after addressing an election campaign rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, on December 27, 2007.  ? AFP Photo
Supporters of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) arrive at the tomb of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bukash near Larkana on December 26, 2012, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of her death. Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and suicide attack after addressing an election campaign rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital Islamabad, on December 27, 2007. ? AFP Photo

Supporters gather at Benazir Bhutto's grave to mark her death anniversary at her family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, near Larkana.

Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack after an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007, weeks after she returned to Pakistan after years in self-imposed exile. — Photos and Text by Agencies

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