Overview
- The central commemoration was held in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh, where President Asif Ali Zardari, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other senior figures addressed supporters.
- A federal delegation led by National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq traveled to the event on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s instructions and met PPP leadership.
- Security was extensive at the mausoleum and rally grounds, with roughly 10,000 police deployed alongside walk‑through gates and CCTV monitoring.
- Sindh declared December 27 a public holiday under a provincial notification, closing government offices and local bodies across the province.
- Official messages from the president and prime minister renewed commitments to a democratic, inclusive agenda and recalled her 2007 assassination in Rawalpindi.