Islamabad: Assassinated Pakistan politician Benazir Bhutto's children are using Twitter to promote their father, President Asif Ali Zardari, and settle scores with his detractors.
"The man lampooned unfairly by the country's powerful establishment as 'Mr 10 per cent' has in fact given 110 per cent back to the country," says a tweet by Benazir and Zardari's elder daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari.
"For the first time in the history of this country, a democratically elected President has voluntarily given up his power."
Bakhtawar tweeted when Zardari signed into law a landmark constitution reforms package, which stripped the President of his sweeping powers.
Bakhtawar's brother Bilawal, who is co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, is also doing his best to popularize the party.
"I wish Zia (General Zia-ul-Haq) had lived. I wish he had lived to witness our revenge," Bilawal, 21, tweeted about the late dictator.
“I wish he had lived despite the fact that he murdered members of my family. I wish he had lived to see the day we elected the Muslim world's first female PM. I wish he had lived to see us elect the first female speaker of our National Assembly," Bilawal tweeted.
However, the tweets are not just about their parents. The Bhutto-Zardari siblings have also been tweeting about their cousin Fatima Bhutto, who recently released her tell-all book on the Bhutto dynasty.
Bakhtawar tweeted to her brother recently: "your sister doesn't know how to spell my name. She keeps tweeting fake love to randomers. Sad now."
In another tweet she told Bilawal, "I know, you never tweet love -- me. Sigh. I'll accept all the other mediums of love though so it's okay."
Bakhtawar, a student at Edinburgh, discloses her location and also her webpage. She introduces herself as lyricist, enthusiast and nationalist.
Benazir's youngest daughter Aseefa, who is Pakistan's polio ambassador, has protected her tweets but is also doing her bit to promote her dead mother.
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