Sunday, February 12, 2012

Zardari's daughters launch 'pro-father' campaign


Asifa and Bakhtiawar started campaign for defence of the PPP and their father on twitter.
Slain former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto s children are using the social networking website Twitter to defend their father President Asif Ali Zardari and to settle scores with their cousin Fatima Bhutto.
"For the first time in the history of this country, a democratically elected President has voluntarily given up his power..."
Bakhtawar tweeted when Zardari signed into law a landmark constitution reforms package which stripped the President of his sweeping powers.
Bakhtawar s brother Bilawal, who is co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan People s Party, is also doing his best to popularize the party.
"I wish Zia (Gen Zia-ul-Haq) had lived. I wish he had lived to witness our revenge," Bilawal, 21, tweeted some hours ago.
Bilawal tweeted a famous Zia quote "men are in charge of women because Allah has made one superior to the other... good women are obedient" and said that he wished the military dictator who died in 1988 had lived to see the new Pakistan.
"I wish he had lived despite the fact that he murdered members of my family. I wish he had lived to see the day we elected the Muslim world s first female PM. I wish he had lived to see us elect the first female speaker of our National Assembly," Bilawal tweeted.
The Bhutto-Zardari siblings have also been tweeting about their pet peeve ‘cousin Fatima Bhutto’ who recently released her tell-all book on the Bhutto dynasty.
In another tweet she told Bilawal, "I know, you never tweet love me. Sigh. I ll accept all the other mediums of love though so it s okay."
Bakhtawar, a student at Edinburgh, discloses her location and also her webpage. She introduces herself as lyricist, enthusiast and nationalist.
Benazir s youngest daughter Asifa, who is Pakistan s polio ambassador, has protected her tweets. She is also doing her bit to promote her dead mother.
Aseefa is studying at Edinburgh and is a fan of vampires.
"Hey I like vampires. I watched Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I am addicted to Twilight and watch Vampire Diaries as well," reads Aseefa s intro on Twitter.
Bilawal, a student at Christ Church College in Oxford, has 298 followers.
All the three Bhutto children have their mother s pictures as backdrops for their homepages. The three siblings keep in touch tweeting about missing each other or planning get-togethers. They also send links about news stories related to their parents.
Bilawal, Bakhtawar and Aseefa seem to be taking their education seriously.
"Did not like the SPT paper, probably should have watched less cricket and studied more...," tweeted Bakhtawar.
In another tweet, she promised not to "indulge" in distractions or be "tempted" by current affairs.

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