KARACHI, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto Monday visited the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder, making her second public outing in as many days after a bloody suicide attack on her convoy.

Wearing a white headscarf and black tunic, Bhutto was swamped by security men and media as she arrived at Karachi's Jinnah Mausoleum -- the resting place of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, who led the country to independence in 1947.

KARACHI, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - Benazir Bhutto bears the responsibility for the deaths of 139 people in an attack on her homecoming parade by exposing them to danger for the sake of her own 'personal theatre', her estranged niece said.

Newspaper columnist and poet Fatima Bhutto, the granddaughter of late Pakistani premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, also told AFP in an interview that her aunt's return from exile would plunge the country further into turmoil.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto on Friday strongly condemned bomb attacks on her homecoming parade in Karachi, saying that her followers had made the 'ultimate sacrifice' for democracy.

'The Pakistan People's Party strongly condemns the attacks on its peaceful procession last night resulting in the killing of 140 people and injuring many hundreds more,' Bhutto told a press conference.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf telephoned former premier Benazir Bhutto on Friday to offer his condolences after a 'terrorist' blast targeting her homecoming parade, his spokesman said.

Musharraf called her to 'convey his deepest sorrow over the terrorist attack' and vowed to arrest the culprits, presidential spokesman retired Major General Rashid Qureshi told AFP.

'We all condemn this terrorism and no one should take advantage of the situation and start a blame game,' he quoted Musharraf as saying during the call.

PARIS, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Benazir Bhutto on Friday accused supporters of Pakistan's late military ruler Mohammed Zia ul-Haq for the bomb explosion that killed more than 130 people after her arrival at Karachi, in an interview to Paris-Match magazine.

'I know exactly who wants to kill me. It is dignitaries of the former regime of General Zia who are today behind the extremism and the fanaticism,' she said in an interview published on Paris-Match's Internet site.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will stay in Pakistan to fight elections despite an attack on her homecoming parade that killed 133 people, her party said Friday.

'She will stay in Pakistan, she will not leave, she is determined,' Pakistan People's Party senator Safdar Abbasi told AFP at Bilawal House, Bhutto's residence in Karachi.

'We are not going to change our plans. Our fight for democracy will continue. We will contest elections,' he said, referring to a general election that is due in January.

SYDNEY, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday that bombings in Pakistan which killed at least 125 people were likely the work of Al-Al Qaeda.

Howard, a staunch ally of US President George W. Bush with troops deployed in both Iraq and Afghanistan, said Al-Al Qaeda could have targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto because of her support for the US 'war on terror.'

Bhutto narrowly the twin blasts which ripped through the surging crowds for her emotional homecoming parade in Karachi, also injuring hundreds.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Broken bodies, pools of blood and burnt-out cars littered the road after twin bombs ripped through former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade in Karachi.

'It was like walking through an abattoir, there was flesh and blood on the floor,' an AFP photographer following the parade said at the scene.

'Some people were lying around intact, others were completely dismembered,' he added. 'There was a smell of burning, I don't know if it was burning flesh or whatever.'

LISBON, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - The European Union's Portuguese presidency condemned deadly bomb blasts on Thursday targetting a convoy carrying Pakistan's former premier Benazir Bhutto.

'The European Union strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the convoy of Mrs. Benazir Bhutto which killed more than eighty people participating in a peaceful procession through the streets of Karachi,' it said in a statement.

'The European Union urges the Pakistani authorities to bring those responsible to justice,' it added.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 119 people were killed and 375 injured when two bombs exploded near former premier Benazir Bhutto's truck during her Pakistan homecoming parade, the mayor of Karachi told AFP Friday.

'There are 119 people killed and 375 injured,' Mustafa Kamal said. 'It was a tragic incident and it has shocked me because Karachi has not had any terror incident for a year and a half.'

'They were celebrating the welcome day of Benazir and everything was quiet.

'Investigations are being carried out by the police and law enforcement agencies.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 119 people were killed and 375 injured when two bombs exploded near former premier Benazir Bhutto's truck during her Pakistan homecoming parade, the mayor of Karachi told AFP Friday.

'There are 119 people killed and 375 injured,' Mustafa Kamal said. 'It was a tragic incident and it has shocked me because Karachi has not had any terror incident for a year and a half.'

PARIS, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday condemned the bomb attack that targeted a truck carrying former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto and killed at least 105 people in Karachi.

In addition to expressing his condolences to the families of the victims, Sarkozy also called on 'Pakistani authorities to ensure that the process ahead of legislative elections is conducted in the best possible circumstances, in particular guaranteeing the safety of politicians.'

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf condemned deadly bomb blasts Thursday that targeted a convoy carrying former premier Benazir Bhutto, describing the attack as a 'conspiracy against democracy.'

'President Musharraf said he condemned this attack in the strongest possible words,' according to a statement released by state media.

'He said this was a conspiracy against democracy,' it said.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Bodies, broken glass and burning cars littered the road after bombs ripped through former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade.

Dazed Bhutto supporters stumbled along the road, searching for relatives or helping bloodied survivors into minivans to be ferried to hospital after the twin blasts which killed more than 100 people.

'After the blast there were a lot of people scattering everywhere. I couldn't understand what happened. My brothers and my family were injured,' Muhammad Ali Balunch told Dawn television.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 105 people were killed and 200 injured when two bombs exploded near former premier Benazir Bhutto's truck during her Pakistan homecoming parade, hospital officials told AFP Friday.

Forty-four bodies had been brought to Karachi's Jinnah Hospital, 22 to the Civil Hospital and four to the Abbasi Shaheed hospital, doctors at the three government-run clinics said.

A further 35 bodies were taken to the private Liaquat National Hospital, doctors said there.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned the 'terrorist' bomb attacks that targeted a truck carrying former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto and killed 101 people in Karachi.

UN spokeswoman Michele Montas said in a statement that Ban was 'shocked' by news of the attack, which struck upon on Bhutto's return home from exile.

'The Secretary General strongly condemns this terrorist attack and ... trusts that all political forces will act together to strengthen national unity,' she added.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - The husband of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto blamed a Pakistani intelligence agency for two bombs that killed 78 people during her homecoming parade Thursday.

'We blame one intelligence agency and we demand action against it... it is not done by militants, it is done by that intelligence agency,' Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari told private ARY ONE television.

'Our people have died, our workers have died, they have sacrificed their lives for the sake of democracy in Pakistan.'

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Two suspected suicide bombings in Pakistan deliberately targeted former premier Benazir Bhutto and were an 'act of terrorism' aimed at sabotaging democracy, a minister said Thursday.

'It was an act of terrorism targeting Benazir Bhutto and aimed at sabotaging the democratic process,' Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao told AFP.

'We suspect these were suicide bombings because any pre-planted or timed device would have been prevented by jammers attached to security vehicles,' he added.

WASHINGTON, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - The United States on Thursday denounced deadly attacks on former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade and said the blasts would not derail the country's coming elections.

'The United States condemns the violent attack in Pakistan and mourns the loss of innocent life there,' White House national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe said after two bombs left 78 people dead and more than 151 wounded.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 78 people were killed, including 20 policemen, and more than 151 injured by two bombs near former premier Benazir Bhutto's truck during her Pakistan homecoming parade on Thursday, police said.

'There were two massive explosions near Bhutto's vehicle. We have 78 people who have been killed and 151 injured so far,' senior Karachi police officer Javed Ali told AFP.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - At least 49 people were killed and more than 100 injured in two bomb blasts near Benazir Bhutto's truck during her Pakistan homecoming parade on Thursday, police said.

'There were two massive explosions near Bhutto's vehicle. We have at 49 people who have been killed and 100 injured,' a senior Karachi police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema earlier said that Bhutto herself was safe, while Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said the two blasts were apparent suicide attacks.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan homecoming parade was hit by two apparent suicide attackers who killed at least 34 people, interior minister Aftab Sherpao told AFP.

'There were two blasts, one on the left side and one on the right side of the procession,' Sherpao said. 'It appears these were suicide attacks, but it is not confirmed.

Sherpao said the brunt of the attacks were borne by police vehicles escorting Bhutto.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto is safe after a massive car bomb exploded near her homecoming parade on Thursday, interior ministry spokesman Javed Cheema told AFP.

'Benazir Bhutto was immediately taken to her ancestral Bilawal house after the blast,' Cheema told AFP.

'She's absolutely safe,' he said.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 34 people were killed when a massive car bomb exploded near Benazir Bhutto's truck during her homecoming parade on Thursday, but the former Pakistani premier is safe, police and officials said.

'There was a huge car bomb very close to Benazir Bhutto's truck and 34 people were killed and over 50 injured,' a senior police official in the southern city of Karachi told AFP.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - At least 20 people were killed and several wounded late Thursday when a car bomb ripped through Benazir Bhutto's homecoming procession in Pakistan, but the former prime minister was unhurt, police said.

The car was only yards away from the truck carrying Bhutto when the bomb went off as her motorcade inched through crowds of supporters in Karachi.

Television footage showed mutilated bodies lying on the street.

KARACHI, Oct 19, 2007 (AFP) - Two explosions occured late Thursday close to the truck carrying Benazir Bhutto in a huge procession in Pakistan but the former prime minister was unhurt, police said.

'There were two explosions of low intensity and some people are injured,' a Karachi police officer told AFP.

He said it was not immediately clear what caused the blast, which witnesses said caused a stampede.

GENEVA, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - A Swiss magistrate said Thursday that he was about to complete a long-running investigation into charges of money laundering against former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband.

'I will transmit the case at the end of next week to the prosecutor,' said Geneva investigating magistrate Vincent Fournier.

The regional prosecutor for Geneva, Daniel Zappelli, will then have to decide whether to proceed with the case.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Benazir Bhutto found it hard to know whether to laugh or cry after ending her eight years of exile.

Her reaction echoed the maelstrom of emotions among the 250,000 people massed for the former Pakistani prime minister's homecoming on Thursday.

Bhutto sobbed into her hands and clutched her prayer beads as she slowly descended the steps from her Emirates flight and touched the soil of Karachi, the city of her birth.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto began her procession through Karachi on Thursday to greet hundreds of thousands of her supporters on her return from eight years in exile.

Bhutto climbed atop a specially modified lorry equipped with bullet-proof screens and waved to her supporters as the vehicle moved at a crawl through the throng of more than 250,000 loyalists, AFP reporters said.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - More than 250,000 Benazir Bhutto supporters thronged the streets of Karachi Thursday as security forces turned Pakistan's biggest city into a fortress as the former premier returned from exile.

Paramilitary soldiers took over the airport for Bhutto's arrival following warnings that militants from Osama bin Laden's Al-Al Qaeda network could try to assassinate her.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto stepped onto Pakistani soil Thursday after eight years in self-imposed exile.

Here is a brief chronology of key developments in her political life:

April 4: Her father, former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, is hanged by military dictator Zia-ul-Haq.

April: Bhutto returns from exile to a tumultuous welcome by a million supporters to lead the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) against Zia-ul-Haq.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto wept as she stepped onto Pakistani soil Thursday for the first time in eight years, ending her self-imposed exile, an AFP correspondent said.

An emotional Bhutto descended slowly from her plane from Dubai and waited for several moments on the last step before finally planting her foot on the tarmac at Karachi airport.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - President Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto plan to forge an alliance to fight extremism following the return of the former premier to Pakistan, but analysts warn the deal already looks shaky.

The United States in recent months has quietly supported moves towards a power-sharing deal between the pair, ahead of Bhutto's homecoming on Thursday after eight years in self-imposed exile.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto arrived home in Pakistan on Thursday after eight years in self-imposed exile, an AFP correspondent travelling with her said.

The Emirates flight carrying the 54-year-old from Dubai touched down in Pakistan's biggest city Karachi amid cheers of 'Long Live Bhutto' from her supporters on the plane.

DUBAI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Flashing victory signs and waving flags, crowds of well-wishers gave former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto an emotional sendoff on Thursday as she left Dubai for home to end eight years of exile.

'People have been waiting very long for this day. This is a day of celebration,' Makhdoom Amin Faheem, vice chairman of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) told reporters.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - More than 250,000 supporters of Benazir Bhutto gathered in Karachi on Thursday ahead of the former Pakistani premier's return from exile, police said.

Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) however put the figure at more than one million, saying that most were massed around the airport for her arrival at around 2:00 pm (0900 GMT).

The former two-time premier had been scheduled to land at 1:00 pm but her flight was late leaving Dubai.

The conflicting crowd figures were impossible to verify independently.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - As the giant 'Bhutto mobile' made its first test run through Karachi Thursday, burly security guards with portraits of Benazir Bhutto on their T-shirts fiercely waved away anyone coming close.

They are part of 'Benazir's Janbaz' (Martyr Force), a 5,000-strong private army that has been drawn from the ranks of the former premier's Pakistan People's Party across the country.

KARACHI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - More than 100,000 supporters of Benazir Bhutto have gathered in Karachi ahead of the former Pakistani premier's return from exile on Thursday, senior police officials said.

Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) however put the figure at more than one million, saying that most were massed around the airport for her arrival around 1:00 pm (0800 GMT).

The conflicting figures were impossible to verify independently, but AFP reporters who have covered previous rallies in Karachi estimated that the police figure was closer to the actual number.

DUBAI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday she was heading back home with a message of change and hope for democracy as she prepared to end eight years of self-imposed exile.

'I am going home with a message of change and hope for a better future for democracy, and I hope that this moment for democracy succeeds,' Bhutto told reporters at Dubai airport before boarding a plane bound for Karachi.

'My journey back home marks the beginning of a march towards a better future for Pakistan,' she said.

DUBAI, Oct 18, 2007 (AFP) - Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto arrived at Dubai airport on Thursday to board a flight to Karachi that will put an end to eight years of self-imposed exile, a supporter in her entourage said.

'She is at the airport,' said Mirza Mahmoud Baig, secretary general of the Zardari Lovers party, one of the activists who came from Pakistan t