Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that he is financially dependent on his father Asif Ali Zardari because income from the lands he inherited from his mother is not enough to meet his political expenditure.
In an interview with Sohail Warriach, the PPP chief said the income from the land bequeathed to him by his mother, Benazir Bhutto, was enough to meet his personal needs, but he has to ask his father for money when it comes to expenses related to politics. “We live in a joint family system,” the PPP said.
Bilawal said he was not interested in starting a business for the sake of money. The PPP chief said he doesn’t get time to handle the financial affairs of his lands. “I try, but I cannot do it any good because of the lack of time,” he responded to a question.
The agriculture technology used in Pakistan is also outdated, so it is not a lot of money, Bilawal said, adding that he was thankful to Allah and his mother because she worked hard to take care of him and his siblings.
Bilawal, who was 19 at the time of the death of his mother in a blast in Rawalpindi in 2007, was named as the chairperson of the PPP by Benazir in her will.
