Garhi Khuda Bakhsh
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Garhi Khuda Bakhsh is a village in Ratodero Taluka
near Naudero
, Sindh
, Pakistan
. It is notable for containing the graveyard of the Bhutto family
and being the burial place of Zulfiqar, Murtaza
, and Benazir Bhutto
, in the mausoleum. It was founded by Khuda Bakhsh Khan Bhutto. This was a family of feudal lords that headed the Bhutto clan.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the father of Benazir, was buried in the village after being executed following a military coup that removed him from power. On 27 October 2007, nine days after the first assassination attempt
against her after returning from exile, Benazir Bhutto arrived in the village amidst tight security to visit her father's mausoleum—she was greeted by 4,000 supporter in the village.
Two months later on 28 December following her assassination
she was buried in the mausoleum where hundred of thousands of mourners had gathered. The following year on what would have been her 55th birthday party activists arranged a function to pay tribute to her.
Ratodero Taluka
Ratodero is a Taluka of Larkana District in the Sindh province of Pakistan, the city of Ratodero, founded by Rato Khan Jalbani in the days of Talpur dynasty, is the capital.-History:...
near Naudero
Naudero
Naudero, also spelt Naundero,Nodero is a town and Union Council of Ratodero Taluka in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. The Union Council also includes the village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh...
, Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is notable for containing the graveyard of the Bhutto family
Bhutto family
The Bhutto family is a political family in Pakistan. Bhutto is a Rajput tribe settled in Sindh.-List of family members:* Pir Bakhsh Bhutto* * Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto, Ameer Bakhsh Bhutto, Illahi Bux Bhutto...
and being the burial place of Zulfiqar, Murtaza
Murtaza Bhutto
Dr. Mir Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto was a Pakistani politician and the Member of the Parliament of Pakistan, representing Pakistan People's Party from the Larkana constituency...
, and Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
, in the mausoleum. It was founded by Khuda Bakhsh Khan Bhutto. This was a family of feudal lords that headed the Bhutto clan.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the father of Benazir, was buried in the village after being executed following a military coup that removed him from power. On 27 October 2007, nine days after the first assassination attempt
2007 Karachi bombing
The 2007 Karachi bombing of October 18, 2007 in Karachi, Pakistan, was an attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The bombing occurred two months before she was assassinated...
against her after returning from exile, Benazir Bhutto arrived in the village amidst tight security to visit her father's mausoleum—she was greeted by 4,000 supporter in the village.
Two months later on 28 December following her assassination
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto occurred on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Bhutto, twice Prime Minister of Pakistan and then-leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, had been campaigning ahead of elections due in January 2008...
she was buried in the mausoleum where hundred of thousands of mourners had gathered. The following year on what would have been her 55th birthday party activists arranged a function to pay tribute to her.