Across Asia: Pakistan

Hip-hop tribute to Bhutto

The elder daughter of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has written a rap song expressing her anguish over her mother's death. The song, I Would Take the Pain Away, and a five-minute video has been broadcast on the state-run Pakistani television and posted on YouTube.

"My mother was murdered. I don't even comprehend. Was it worth dying for? I'm walking through screened doors," Bakhtawar, 18, sings on the lilting hip-hop song. "No comfort or ease. I'm begging you please God bless the deceased," Bakhtawar sings.