Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to continue mother’s work – after completing his degree

Bilawal Zardari, the son of recently-murdered Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto, has been named as his mother’s successor as Chairperson.

Bilawal, who has been renamed Bilawal Bhutto Zardari so as to continue to Bhutto dynasty, is currently studying Law at Oxford University, and so will be head in name only until he has completed his studies. His father, Asif Ali Zardari, will run the party until his return.

The 19 year-old said: “my mother always said democracy is the best revenge”, although he is too young to stand for Parliament, as his father called on the incumbent government to ensure the elections still went ahead as planned on January 8.

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