Larkana: Former Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif today visited the grave of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and offered condolences to her husband Asif Ali Zardari and son Bilawal.

Sharif, who was accompanied by a 40-member delegation of his PML-N party, laid a floral wreath at Bhutto's grave at her family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Baksh in the southern Sindh province.

Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday shortly after she addressed a rally at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi. Sharif read the fateha or special Islamic prayers for the dead and prayed for the peace of Bhutto's soul.

Earlier, he visited Bhutto's ancestral residence in nearby Naudero village and offered condolences to Zardari and Bilawal. Sharif also had a one-to-one meeting with Zardari.

Sharif had originally intended to participate in Bhutto's funeral yesterday but put off his visit after consulting Zardari. The PML-N leaders who accompanied Sharif included former President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Zafar Iqbal Jhaghra and Ahsan Iqbal.

Bhutto was laid to rest by the side of her father and Pakistan People's Party founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Thousands of her supporters from across the country attended the funeral.

Source : PTI