Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari risked further criticism from opposition politicians in his own country when he nominated his son Bilawal's sperm as the "next but one" leader of the country. The as yet unfertilized sperm, referred to as Spermiwal, will become President after Bilawal.
Zardari, whose wife Benazir Bhutto was assassinated after standing in a general election, is visiting Britain to nominate his son as the next leader and, if he gets time, to raise money for flood relief charities back home.
The country's unwritten constitution gives every leader a 10 year term, after which they must be hanged, shot or drowned, and the military takes over. Zardari is seen back home as a spoilsport, because he narrowly escaped a drowning and now wants to select not only the political leader but the one after that. Opposition leaders are demanding that he return and face his drowning like a man.
His plans to create a Bhutto dynasty may be thwarted, since Bilawal, who recently graduated from Oxford University, is not known to have a girlfriend and some feel that he might be gay. However, an expert on Pakistani politics said "That's okay. Government leaders are used to looking both ways."
