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Friday, 28 December 2007, 15:55 GMT

In pictures: Bhutto laid to rest

Asif Ali Zardari (in white cap) and son Bilawal bury Benazir Bhutto

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Benazir Bhutto's husband, Asif Ali Zardari (in white cap) and their son Bilawal (left) lower her coffin into its grave in the Bhutto family mausoleum in Sindh province.

Asif Ali Zardari and his and Benazir's son Bilawal scatter rose petals on her grave

Asif Ali Zardari and his and Benazir's son Bilawal scatter rose petals on her grave

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After her burial, Asif Ali Zardari and Bilawal scatter rose petals on the grave of the assassinated former Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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Asif Ali Zardari comforts Bilawal, 19, after the funeral prayers for Benazir Bhutto. The couple also have two daughters: Bakhtawar, 17, and Aseefa, 14.

Mourners surround ambulance bearing Benazir Bhutto's coffin to her funeral

Mourners surround ambulance bearing Benazir Bhutto's coffin to her funeral

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Thousands of mourners surround the ambulance bearing Benazir Bhutto to the family's ancestral village in Ghari Khuda Baksh, Larkana district.

Mourners outside Benazir Bhutto's funeral

Mourners outside Benazir Bhutto's funeral

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Benazir Bhutto drew much of her support from her native Sindh province where her family was very influential.

Mourners remove Benazir Bhutto's coffin from Rawalpindi General Hospital on 27 December

Mourners remove Benazir Bhutto's coffin from Rawalpindi General Hospital on 27 December

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The journey of Benazir to her grave began in a simple wooden coffin, carried out of a Rawalpindi hospital.

Benazir Bhutto's coffin is loaded into an ambulance

Benazir Bhutto's coffin is loaded into an ambulance

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The coffin was loaded into an ambulance to be taken to a plane for the journey south to Larkana.

An attendant stands beside the Bhutto family burial tomb (image from October 2007)

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An attendant stands beside the Garhi Khuda Bux, or Bhutto family burial tomb, in this image from October 2007 when Benazir made a pilgrimage to the mausoleum.

The Bhutto family mausoleum in the village of Ghari Khuda Baksh, Larkana (image from October 2007)

The Bhutto family mausoleum in the village of Ghari Khuda Baksh, Larkana (image from October 2007)

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The Bhutto family's ancestral graveyard in Ghari Khuda Baksh, Larkana, is dominated by the mausoleum of Benazir's father, former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

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