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* "The news of her death came in two days back, and I was dumbstruck with disbelief and shock. She was one person who could bring normalcy in Pakistan. And with her death this hope has also been buried. I luv Benazir Bhutto"
Location: Mumbai
These are the messages of two Orkut communities founded to pay tributes to the daughter of the east. Hundreds of such communities have mushroomed on the social networking site hours after the first Muslim woman to get elected as Prime Minister of an Islamic country was assassinated in Rawalpindi on December 27.
The search engine of the site returns more than 1,000 results for Benazir Bhutto after her assassination. The communities, a large number of them created on or after December 27, declare her as 'Shaheed' (martyr), mourn her death and pay rich tributes.
From the emotionally-charged slogans, like the one coined after Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's hanging, 'Kal Bhi Bhutto Zinda Tha, Aaj Bhi Bhutto Zinda Hai', 'Yeh Baazi Khoon ki Baazi Hai, Yeh Baazi Tum Hi Haro Gay' and 'Har Ghar Se Bhutto Niklega Tum Jitne Bhutto Marogay', to things like influence of number nine on her life and starting a forum for signing the petition for an international investigation for fixing the responsibility of her assassination, the communities on Orkut are leaving no stone unturned to touch every possible shade of the slain Pakistani leader's life and death.
"It's difficult to believe she is gone… oh God," says a 218-member community, 'An Unforgettable Assassination', created a day after Benazir's death. The owner of the community claims Kerala, India, as his location.
The community also houses a forum with a Pakistani astrologer and palmist describing the influence of number nine on her life. From her date of birth (21-06-1953 = 2 +1 + 0 + 6 + 1 + 9 + 5 + 3=27=2+7=9) to her marriage with Zardari on date 18 (1+8=9), returning to Pakistan on October 18 (1+8=9) and an unsuccessful attempt on her life same day, then second successful attempt on her life on December 27 (2+7=9), year of her death 2007 (2+0+0+7=9) and finally her age at the time of death 54 (5+9=9), the astrologer tries to bring home the importance of digit 9 in her life. "She is still alive in our hearts," says another community with 309 members created on the day of assassination.
One of the most common popular forums figuring in a number of communities is 'Mahesh Bhatt to make a movie on Benazir Bhutto' wherein it has been claimed that a Pakistani film company 'Skies Unlimited' has approached Bhatt to collaborate for the film.


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