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| Benazir Bhutto son Bilawal speech as Pakistan marks her murder | Benazir Bhutto son Bilawal speech as Pakistan marks her murder |
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| Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. | Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. |
| Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. | Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. |
| Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province. | Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province. |
| The event is seen as a milestone in the political career of Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari - son of Ms Bhutto and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. | The event is seen as a milestone in the political career of Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari - son of Ms Bhutto and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. |
| The 24-year-old Oxford graduate has been PPP chairman since his mother's assassination by Taliban militants in 2007 - but has kept a low profile. He cannot contest an election until his 25th birthday. | The 24-year-old Oxford graduate has been PPP chairman since his mother's assassination by Taliban militants in 2007 - but has kept a low profile. He cannot contest an election until his 25th birthday. |
| Show of strength | Show of strength |
| Security is tight as activists carrying portraits of Ms Bhutto and her father, former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, are gathering at the family's shrine in the city of Larkana. | Security is tight as activists carrying portraits of Ms Bhutto and her father, former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, are gathering at the family's shrine in the city of Larkana. |
| Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is expected to use the occasion to articulate his vision for the party, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani. | Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is expected to use the occasion to articulate his vision for the party, says the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani. |
| With parliamentary elections set to be held in 2013, the governing PPP is keen to use the rally as a show of strength to demonstrate that despite widespread criticism over its performance during the last five years, it still enjoys popular support, our correspondent says. | With parliamentary elections set to be held in 2013, the governing PPP is keen to use the rally as a show of strength to demonstrate that despite widespread criticism over its performance during the last five years, it still enjoys popular support, our correspondent says. |
| Mr Bhutto-Zardari's father, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, has been at the forefront of the party until now but faces dwindling support over corruption allegations. | |
| Those fed up with President Zardari's politics are looking to his son to help revive the party's mass appeal, our correspondent says. | Those fed up with President Zardari's politics are looking to his son to help revive the party's mass appeal, our correspondent says. |
| The Bhutto dynasty has been a major political force since Pakistan gained independence in 1947. | |
| Ms Bhutto, whose father founded the PPP, was prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. | Ms Bhutto, whose father founded the PPP, was prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. |
| On both occasions she was dismissed from office for alleged corruption. | On both occasions she was dismissed from office for alleged corruption. |
| No-one has been charged with her assassination. | No-one has been charged with her assassination. |
| A UN inquiry in 2010 found that her murder could have been prevented and that the subsequent investigation was bungled. | A UN inquiry in 2010 found that her murder could have been prevented and that the subsequent investigation was bungled. |