Finally Declared........!!

Three days after former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated, her son Bilawal has been named the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party.

The decision comes after a high-level meeting of the PPP members in Larkana, where the post funeral services took place for the slain leader.

Bhutto's husband Asif Zardari and Abdul Makhdoom Fahim, deputy leader of PPP have been named co-chairmen of the party.

Speaking at an emotionally charged press conference, Zardari said that Benazir had named him as her political successor.

However, Zardari said he wanted his son Bilawal to take charge of the party.

Zardari said Fahim will be the prime ministerial candidate of the party. He also urged Nawaz Sharif not to boycott elections.

''From now on my son's name will be Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,'' he said.

Putting forward a composed look, 19-year-old Bilawal said, ''My mother used to say democracy is the best revenge.''

Amid loud sloganeering by Bhutto supporters, Zardari sought an international probe into the murder of the two time prime minister.

In a telling statement, Bilawal added his mother's surname to his own and is now to be addressed as Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Meanwhile, while all eyes are on Bilawal Bhutto, his estranged cousins Fatima and Zulfikar Bhutto junior are slowly building up their political profiles.

The children of Benazir's brother Murtaza have often been publicly critical of Benazir's politics.

Managing Editor Barkha Dutt in Larkana in Pakistan, Fatima Bhutto said she mourned her aunt as a family member but would express her political differences through her writing instead of party politics.