The Weekly Tribune

Time Magazine is reporting that 19 year old Bilawal Bhutto, son of Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Zardari, is likely to be named her successor. The news comes from a senior official of the Pakistan People's Party who told Time that Bilawal, a student at Oxford, will probably be named party leader.

The idea of a teenager leading an unstable nation with nuclear weapons is unsettling to say the very least. However, the PPP seem determined to turn the tragedy of Bhutto's assassination in political capital so that they can seize power in Pakistan. In the absence of Benazir skillful political prowess, the wisdom of this is questionable. Her son, Bilawal, however bright he may be, cannot possible be equipt to bring stability to Pakistan. Untried and unexperienced, young Bilawal runs the risk being little more than a puppet whose strings are pulled by unseen forces. Considering the country they would have him govern is in turmoil, this just doesn't seem like a very sound idea. Can a teenage boy be expected to tame the Taliban, bring to Osama Bin Laden to justice and wrestling with Al-Qaeda simultaneously? Can a teenager realistically play the dangerous and delicate politics required of anyone would lead a stable Pakistan when quite possible that his favored frame-of-reference are Battlefield and Grand Theft Auto?

I more than understand how grief and anguish can affect one's judgment but nevertheless one must hope that the PPP pull themselves together and elect someone more appropriate to bringing stability to troubled Pakistan.


Source: time.com