So much for an end to dynastic leadership for the Pakistan’s People Party.
Bilawal, nineteen-year-old son of the late Benazir, has been appointed head of the PPP, although the role will be only nominal until he graduates from Oxford. It is Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir’s widower with a murky and corrupt past, who will actually be at the reins until young Bilawal has been “schooled”.
Tariq Ali, writing in the Independent, deplores the appointment: “Pakistan deserves better than this disgusting, medieval charade.”
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