Garhi Khuda Bakhsh

Garhi Khuda Bakhsh

Garhi Khuda Bakhsh (Urdu: گڑھی خدا بخش ) is a village in Ratodero Taluka near to Naudero town, Sindh, Pakistan. It is notable for containing the graveyard of the Bhutto family and being the burial place of Zulfiqar and Benazir Bhutto, [ [http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=34719 Benazir's dead body reaches Garhi Khuda Bakhsh - The News] ] 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 [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7029167,00.html Pakistan's Bhutto Visits Ancestral Home] ] - she was greeted by 4,000 supporter in the village [ [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/271231 Security tight as Bhutto travels to father's tomb] ] .

Two months later on 28 December following her assassination she was buried in the mausoleum where hundred of thousands of mourners had gathered [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7182878,00.html Funeral Procession Held for Bhutto] ] . The following year on what would have been her 55th birthday party activists arranged a function to pay tribute to her. [ [http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15480 Benazir�s 55th birth anniversary today - The News] ]

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