Bilawal enters politics on Bhutto's death anniversary

December 28, 2012 04:42

The son of Pakistan's slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto launched his political career on Thursday on the anniversary of his mother's death, vowing to continue her fight for democracy.

More than 200,000 people gathered at the Bhutto family mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh in the southern province of Sindh to pay their respects to Benazir and to hear Bilawal Bhutto Zardari make his first major public speech.

In an impassioned speech amid tight security, Bilawal -- the third generation of his family to go into politics -- promised to continue the fight for the poor and against "anti-democratic forces".

"Bhutto is an emotion, a love," he said.

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