Pakistan ? Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in a town near her ancestral home today, her first trip outside Pakistan’s biggest city since an assassination attempt against her killed 143 people nine days ago.

Her flight landed at the heavily guarded airport where throngs of supporters waited outside, waving the red, green and black flags of Bhutto’s party. She was greeted by a dozen local party leaders as she got off the plane.

She is due to travel to her ancestral home near the southern city of Larkana, where supporters were readying a hero’s welcome for the opposition leader.

It is her first visit since she ended her eight-year exile more than a week ago.