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Garhi Khuda Bakhsh ( sd, ڳڙهي خدابخش, ur, ) is a village in Ratodero Taluka near Benazir's 55th birth anniversary today - The News
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Garhi Khuda Bakhsh ( sd, ڳڙهي خدابخش, ur, ) is a village in Ratodero Taluka near Naudero
Naudero, also spelled Naundero, Nodero ( sd, نئون ديرو, ur, نوڈیرو) is a town and union council of Ratodero Taluka in the Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. The union council also includes the village of Garhi Khuda Bakhsh. It l ...
, in Larkana District
Larkana District ( Sindhi: ضلعو لاڙڪاڻو; ur, ) is a district of Sindh province of Pakistan. Its main city is Larkana on the banks of the Indus River. It is home district the of influential Bhutto family. The Larkana Bulls cricket t ...
of Sindh province
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It contains the family graveyard of the Bhutto family and is the burial place of Zulfiqar
Zulfiqar ( ar, ذُو ٱلْفَقَار, Ḏū-l-Faqār, ), also spelled ''Zu al-Faqar'', ''Zulfikar'', ''Dhu al-Faqar'', ''Dhulfaqar'' or ''Dhulfiqar'', is the sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Middle Eastern weapons are commonly inscribed wi ...
, Murtaza, and Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 ...
, 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 supporters in the village.
Two months later on 28 December, following her assassination, she was buried in the mausoleum where hundreds 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./ref>
See also
* Bhutto family mausoleum *Mausoleum of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
The Bhutto family mausoleum is situated at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. The ''mazar'' contains the graves of the Bhutto family, and is the burial place of Zulfikar, Murtaza, Shahnawaz, Nusrat, and Benazir Bhutto.
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* Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto International Cricket Stadium
Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto International Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, Sindh, Pakistan. It was inaugurated by then- President Asif Ali Zardari on 26 December 2012. The stadium was named after the late Benazir B ...
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