Late PM Bhutto's son appointed Pakistan's new foreign minister

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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, son of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto, as foreign minister, giving his coalition ally a

senior role in repairing frayed ties with the United States and other Western countries.

President Arif Alvi took the oath from the Oxford-educated Bhutto-Zardari, widely considered a forward-looking, liberal politician and the scion of the country's leading political dynasty. Benazir's killer has never been caught, and a United Nations inquiry found that Pakistani authorities had failed to protect her or properly investigate her death.

Khan has alleged that the United States backed a conspiracy to topple him just because he refused Washington's advice not to visit Russia in February, a charge Washington denies.The trip to long-time ally Riyadh starting on Thursday is Sharif's first international visit as prime minister.

 

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