Plane with coffin leaves for Sukkur

28 Dec, 2007

An air force plane with the body of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto left Islamabad on Friday for a flight to the city of Sukkur ahead of her funeral, an interior ministry official said. Her husband Asif Zardari, who had arrived from Dubai shortly before, and their three children got a brief chance to see the body before the plane took off, officials from PPP said.
"The plane has taken off, bound for Sukkur," the ministry official said.

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