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Benazir Bhutto's Daughter Officially Enters Politics

Ayesha Tanzeem

   ISLAMABAD - Waving her hands, chanting party slogans and making victory
   signs Monday inPakistan's centralcityofMultan, the youngest daughter of
   former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto reminded people of her firebrand
   mother.

   "In my opinion, the content of her speech was not as important as her
   aura, which generates the same feel and energy as her mother," said
   Nusrat Javed, a seniorPakistanijournalist who has spent decades
   interacting with three generations of the Bhutto family.

   This was 27-year-oldAseefaBhutto-Zardari's official launch into
   politics, almost by chance. She was filling in for her brother,Bilawal
   Bhutto-Zardari,who was quarantinedaftertesting positive for COVID-19
   and could not lead his party in a pre-planned opposition rally.

   The chance appearance had its own significance, said Sherry Rehman, a
   senior leader of thePakistanPeoplesParty(PPP)and a close political
   companion ofthe lateBenazir Bhutto.

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