Pakistani crowds welcome Benazir Bhutto
Karachi - Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has returned home from Dubai after eight years in exile. At least 250,000 people were in Karachi to welcome her, while 20,000 police were deployed to control the crowds.
She fled Pakistan following corruption allegations but an agreement with President Pervez Musharraf earlier this month cleared the way for her return.
Ms Bhutto is immensely popular with much of the population. Her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founded the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and was executed in 1979, ensuring him the status of martyr.
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