Tributes paid to late PM on eve of assassination anniversary
(26 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Wide exterior of Bhutto family mausoleum ++NIGHT SHOT++ 2. People entering mausoleum, passing security 3. Bhutto tomb covered in flower petals, surrounded by people paying their respects 4. Woman crying 5. Women praying by side of Bhutto tomb 6. Woman praying 7. Bhutto tomb covered in flower petals, surrounded by people paying their respects 8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Miss Khurshid (no first name given), visitor to mausoleum: "We are here to mark the first anniversary of the death of Benazir Bhutto and we are missing our leader very much. There has been no one like our leader Benazir Bhutto, neither in the past or at present." 9. People chanting (Urdu) "Benazir is alive" STORYLINE Hundreds of people began arriving at the Bhutto family mausoleum in southern Pakistan on Friday, ahead of the first anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto is buried in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh alongside her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, another former prime minister. Garhi Khuda Bakhsh is close to the Bhutto family village of Larkana. Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and suicide bomb attack after an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi on 27 December 2008. Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday announced a new human rights award in honour of Bhutto ahead of the first anniversary of her death. The award will be given annually starting next year to two organisations and three individuals who strongly promote human rights as Bhutto did, Gilani said. The government has also announced it will issue a special coin to mark the anniversary. Earlier this month, the United Nations also awarded the late Bhutto a prize for her outstanding contribution to human rights. The United Nations Prize in the Field of Human rights is awarded every five years on December 10 - the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
