Pakistanis Commemorate the Anniversary of Bhutto’s Death

Supporters place lighted candles at the site where former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, on her first death anniversary in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2008. Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Throughout Pakistan people paid their respects to Benazir Bhutto last week, the former leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, who was assassinated one year ago, on Dec. 27, 2007.

Over 200,000 people gathered in Nau Dero, a small town in Sindh Province, where both Bhutto and her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (the original Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party) are buried, to acknowledge the sacrifices she and her family made for the betterment of Pakistan.

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Bhutto and the current president of Pakistan and the rest of the Bhutto/Zardari family were also present to receive the public and commemorate Bhutto’s life.

While in Nau Dero, Zardari called a meeting of the central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party to discuss the current political tensions with India.

Security was high, with an additional 7000 police officers present in Nau Dero to ensure law and order.