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Bhutto Husband & Son Picked to Head Party

Election likely to be delayed up to 8 weeks

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Dec 30, 2007 8:16 AM CST
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(Newser) – As violence continued to flare in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, officials indicated that Jan. 8 elections will likely be postponed six to eight weeks, Reuters reports. Officials from Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party, meanwhile, picked her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, and 19-year-old son, Bilawal, to take over party leadership.

Bhutto reportedly named Bilawal in her will as her chosen successor to head the party, but also suggested that her husband serve as a kind of regent to him until Bilawal, a student at Oxford, is old enough to lead alone. The PPP was also overwhelmingly in favor of taking part in the general election.

Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto mourn at the grave of their leader in Garhi Khuda Bakhash near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Pakistan rejected an outside investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, despite controversy over the circumstances of her death and three days of...
Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto mourn at the grave of their leader in Garhi Khuda Bakhash near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Pakistan rejected an outside investigation...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani women weep over a portrait of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a prayer at her house Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. Bhutto's assassination Thursday kicked off a wave of unrest in cities around Pakistan, and added uncertainty to the election which may be postponed. (AP...
Pakistani women weep over a portrait of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a prayer at her house Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. Bhutto's assassination Thursday kicked off...   (Associated Press)
Asif Ali Zardari, second from left, husband of slain Prime Minister of Pakistan attends party meeting at Bhutto's residence in Naudero, near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto met Sunday to choose her successor, with either her son or husband seen as...
Asif Ali Zardari, second from left, husband of slain Prime Minister of Pakistan attends party meeting at Bhutto's residence in Naudero, near Larkana, Pakistan on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Supporters of slain...   (Associated Press)
Pakistani men chant and weep under a portrait of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a prayer at her house Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. Bhutto's assassination Thursday kicked off a wave of unrest in cities around Pakistan, and added uncertainty to the election. (AP Photo/Ed Wray)
Pakistani men chant and weep under a portrait of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during a prayer at her house Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 in Lahore, Pakistan. Bhutto's assassination Thursday...   (Associated Press)
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