The
son of Pakistan's murdered ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has
promised to fight militancy to maintain democracy, in his first major
political speech.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told party supporters marking five
years since his mother's death that she "sacrificed her life to uphold
democracy".Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign.
Her son, whose father is President Asif Ali Zardari, has so far kept a low profile as party chairman.
In remarks carried by Pakistan state television, Mr Bhutto Zardari told a crowd of tens of thousands of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters near his family's shrine in Sindh province that the people were "the source of power".
"The beacon of democracy continues to shine," he said, pledging that his party would fight militancy and extremism to create a peaceful, democratic Pakistan.
Emotionally charged The 24-year-old Oxford graduate has been PPP chairman since his mother's assassination, blamed on Taliban militants.
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