BHUTTO's SON AND HUSBAND SELECTED TO TAKE OVER PPP IN PAKISTAN

Asif Ali Zardari (C-with white cap), husband of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, along with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (to his right), lays a shawl at the grave of his wife Benazir Bhutto after her funeral in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh near Naudero, Pakistan on December 28, 2007. (UPI Photo)

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