Islamabad,
Apr
27:
Pakistan
People’s
Party
(PPP)
Chairman
Bilawal
Bhutto-Zardari
on
Wednesday
took
oath
as
Pakistan’s
foreign
minister,
giving
his
coalition
ally
a
senior
role
in
repairing
frayed
ties
with
the
United
States
and
other
Western
countries.
President
Arif
Alvi
administered
oath
to
33-year-old
Bilawal
at
a
simple
ceremony
at
the
Aiwan-i-Sadr
(President’s
House),
where
Prime
Minister
Sharif
was
also
present.
Bilawal
took
the
oath
nearly
a
week
after
he
met
Pakistan
Muslim
League-Nawaz
(PML-N)
supremo
Nawaz
Sharif
in
London
last
week
during
which
they
discussed
the
“overall
political
situation”
in
Pakistan
and
vowed
to
work
together
on
issues
pertaining
to
politics
and
national
interest.
PPP
is
the
second
largest
party
in
the
current
coalition
government
of
Prime
Minister
Sharif
who
was
appointed
on
April
11.
The
absence
of
Bilawal
–
the
son
of
former
two-time
prime
minister
Benazir
Bhutto
and
former
president
Asif
Ali
Zardari
–
in
the
first
phase
of
Cabinet
formation
last
week
had
raised
many
eyebrows.
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