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bilawal bhutto zardari is the son of former prime minister, benazir bhutto, and former president, asifakistan peoples party since the age of 19. earlier he told my colleague annita mcveigh, what he wants for his country's future. my party, the pakistan peoples party, will indeed support mr shehbaz sharif in his bid to be prime minister on monday. the reason my party led the effort to bring a no—confidence motion in parliament was notjust to elect mr shehbaz sharif. our motivation is to conduct electoral reforms and move towards a more democratic pakistan after suffering under three years of a government that we contend came to power through a rigged election. can you confirm you will be the next foreign minister if your plans come to fruition? no, i cannot confirm that. my goal in this struggle was to bring progress in pakistan's democracy, to ensure electoral reforms, and undo the damage done to our constitution, to our democratic systems, to human rights, to media freedoms, to economic rights over the last three years. imran khan would absolutely refute the suggestion he did come to

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