Begum Nusrat Bhutto, wife of former premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, is being remembered today (Saturday) on her 11th death anniversary.

Bhutto was mother of assassinated PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and mother-in-law of former president Asif Ali Zardari. 

Like all over the country, events are being organized by PPP in Karachi as well. Pakistan People’s Party activists gathered at Bhutto House in the morning and held Quran Khawani for the departed soul.

They reminisced about the services and sacrifices rendered by Nusrat Bhutto for the country. Meanwhile, Fatiha and collective prayers were performed for the soul of the deceased.

Born on March 23, 1929, in Esfahan, Iran, Begum Nusrat Bhutto was an Iranian-Pakistani who was the former First Lady of Pakistan.

She passed away in Dubai on Oct 23, 2011 after a protracted illness. She was 82.