(2 Jan 2008)
1. Top shot of streets in Larkana
2. Sanitary worker sweeping the road, carts driving by
3. Restaurant worker preparing traditional halwa puri
4. Close up of puri frying
5. Soldiers standing on streets
6. Soldier's gun, street scenes in background
7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Khalid Mahmood, local resident:
"Now the situation is improving and security arrangements are better but the vacuum caused by the assassination of Benanzir Bhutto is powerful and cannot be filled for a very long time. It is a national tragedy. The whole of Pakistan is mourning the loss of an irreplaceable daughter. We could not forget the tragedy of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Bhutto's father, Pakistan's first popularly elected leader who was hanged three decades ago) - now that a similar tragedy has occurred again."
8. Various of people reading newspapers, pictures of Bhutto on front page
9. Soldiers standing on streets
STORYLINE
The streets of Larkana appeared to be back to normal on Wednesday as election officials look set to announce a delay to elections originally scheduled for January 8.
The death of former Pakistani prime minister Benzair Bhutto last week thrust the country into crisis and sparked nationwide riots that killed 58 people and caused tens of (m) millions of US dollars in damage to homes, government offices and transport facilities.
The violence has died down since Sunday amid a heavy police and army presence.
On Wednesday, it seemed business as usual at one corner food stall in Larkana as local restaurant workers were back preparing halwa puri, a traditional type of bread.
Local resident Khalid Mahmood said that although the situation was calmer, the country still had a long way to go in political terms.
"The vacuum caused by the assassination of Benanzir Bhutto is powerful and cannot be filled for a very long time," he told AP Television on Wednesday.
"The whole of Pakistan is mourning the loss of an irreplaceable daughter," he added.
Bhutto was killed Thursday evening in a shooting and bombing attack on her vehicle as she left a campaign rally.
Meanwhile, election officials are expected to announce later on Wednesday that elections, originally planned for January 8, would be delayed by at least a month due to the turmoil caused by Bhutto's death.
Opposition parties accused Pakistan's government of delaying elections to avoid likely defeat and said they feared the move could lead to more violence in a country still shaken by Bhutto's assassination.
Britain and the United States were also eager for the vote to take place as scheduled, but have indicated they would accept a slight delay if technical reasons dictated one.
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