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The teenage son of Benazir Bhutto is due to fly back to Britain to resume his studies after revealing he is not ready to take the place of his murdered mother at the heart of Pakistani politics.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is a student at Oxford University, has confided to family friends that too much is expected of him - at just 19 - to follow immediately in his mother's footsteps.
His greatest desire is apparently to be an "ordinary student", with his short-term concerns an imminent meeting with his Oxford college dean and good grades in his new year exams, rather than the rescheduled Pakistani elections on February 18.
The revelations about his future came as fellow students portrayed him as a charismatic, carefree, gregarious young man who is so accustomed to western ways that he even wears a "hoodie".
Mr Bhutto, who is in his first year at Christ Church, was thrust into the political limelight when he was named chairman of his mother's Pakistan People's Party on Sunday last week, following Mrs Bhutto's assassination in Pakistan on December 27.
This week, however, he is expected to appeal to the party faithful to lower their expectations of him.
His request will come as a team of five Scotland Yard detectives assist the Pakistani authorities with their investigation.
Family friends who have spoken to him in the past week say that although he was named as chairman of the party, he has no wish to take control of it.
"He believes the biggest challenge is… dealing with his new role in the limelight and maintaining his life as an ordinary student," one told The Sunday Telegraph.
Meanwhile, acquaintances at the university have revealed him to be a popular student.
"He is your standard charismatic, funny, engaging student," said Luke Tryl, 20, the former president of the Oxford Union debating society.
Mr Bhutto's postings on the social networking website Facebook suggest he enjoyed juggling "drinks with tutes [tutors]" wearing a "hoodie" to an Oxford nightclub, Filth, with "bop costume buying".
Five days before his mother was murdered, he revealed his hopes for 2008, while joking about his fears.
"I'm still taking your advice about starting work after new year kicks off. If I am kicked out … I'll blame u. I won't be able to adjust after Oxford," he told a fellow undergraduate.
His enthusiasm for student life is also evident in photographs posted on the site, which recall the hectic social life enjoyed by his mother at Oxford in the 1970s.
His friends sport streaks of "warpaint" make-up, while Mr Bhutto is photographed wearing his hoodie.
He comments: "I don't remember why I decided to keep my hoodie on at filth."
Mr Bhutto appears in another set of photographs entitled "The incomprehensibles" wearing a more flamboyant fluffy jacket. His street-style hand gestures suggest playful references to American rap stars.
Mr Bhutto's friends could not recall seeing him drink alcohol, possibly in deference to his Muslim faith, but his postings show a relaxed attitude to others drinking.
On holiday at his home in Dubai, where he spent much of his childhood, he tells one friend:
"Ahh yes I could do christmas for the presents but … I hate shopping. There is also a possibility I could be tried for blasphemy somewhere. hope u get drunk on new years eve."
