Islamabad: Slain Benazir Bhutto's son Bilawal said in a message on website Facebook that his "time to lead will come" despite his inexperience - and the fact he knows his life will be in "critical" danger.

Nineteen-year-old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, a history student at Oxford University, took over as the chairman of his mother's Pakistan People's Party on Sunday, days after she was assassinated. He said in a message to people who left condolences on the social networking site that he was still just a student who enjoyed eating junk food and watching television, but added that he would try to learn.

"I am not a born leader. I am not a politician or a great thinker," he wrote in the message posted on Monday, which is his first public statement since a few brief words when he was appointed party leader. "I am merely a student. I do the things that students do like make mistakes, eat junk food, watch Buffy (a reference to a US television series) but most importantly of all... learn," he said.

"My time to lead will come but for now I m the one asking questions, not the one answering them." Bhutto's party could not be immediately reached to confirm the message was authentic. The teen's father has already confirmed his son has an account on Facebook.

The heir to the Bhutto dynasty flew out of Pakistan on Tuesday with his sisters, stopping over in Dubai, where he spent many of his teenage years in exile from Pakistan, before returning to university.

Source : PTI