UPDATE: Bhutto's Son Named As Successor

Photo- Benazir Bhutto's successors, son Bilawal and widower Asif Ali Zardari - AFP

LAHORE, Pakistan- After Benazir Bhutto's death this week, her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has chosen her son and widower to jointly lead the party in accordance with Bhutto's will.  Her son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, will ceremonially lead the party from abroad as he continues his education at Oxford.  Her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, will run the day-to-day activities in Pakistan.  Once Bilawal is done with his studies, he will return to lead the party full time.

The PPP also passed a resolution calling for an international investigation into Benazir's death, stating that they did not accept the current inquiry being conducted by President Pervez Musharraf.

The PPP will be participating in and contesting the January elections, and urged main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif to contest the elections as well; he will most likely follow the recommendation.  Bilawal noted, "my mother always said democracy was the best revenge."

For more information, please see:

New York Times - Bhutto's Son and Husband to Lead Party - 30 December 2007