Zardari's daughter to join politics after finishing studies

Islamabad, July 8 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has informed the PPP workers that his daughter Bakhtawar, who is studying in Scotland, would join politics after finishing her education.

"Her (Bakhtawar) and Bilawal's active participation in politics will be the continuation of the valiant struggle that their mother and grandfather had waged," Zardari told PPP's Central Executive Committee on Monday.

The News quoted a senior PPP leader, as saying that Zardari talked about the political plan for his daughter when he spoke on the empowerment and involvement of women in different spheres of life.

"There are some people and families, which love to live for others contrary to the general lot," he said while referring to his daughter's future participation in politics.

Zardari added that the objective behind making his sister, Faryal Talpur, chief of the PPP's women's wing, was to give women an important say in PPP's affairs.n the implementation of the Charter of Democracy, Zardari said it was now for the 27-member parliamentary committee's prerogative to suggest constitutional reforms.

He also pointed out that just two parties - the PPP and the PML-N - were signatories to the CoD while all other parties have nothing to do with this document.

"We can't close the door on their proposals and should produce a consensus constitutional amendment bill taking all the parties along," a source quoted Zardari, as saying.(ANI)