30.12.07

Image Day - Benazir Bhuttto's heirs

Newly-appointed chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of slain former premier Benazir-Bhutto watches his father Asif Ali Zardari (L) speak during a press conference in Naudero, 30 December.

The son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was chosen to take the mantle of her party and immediately vowed to keep up what he called her struggle for democracy. At an emotional news conference where his father was named co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the 19-year-old Bilawal Bhutto, an Oxford-University student untested in politics, said he was ready to lead.

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