The only son of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto told hundreds of thousands of supporters yesterday, on the fifth anniversary of his mother’s death, that he would carry forward her legacy, an appearance designed to anoint him as a political heir.

Pakistan yesterday distanced itself from a cabinet minister’s bounty for killing the maker of anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims as protests against the movie continued from Turkey to Hong Kong.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan has condemned a move made by one of his government ministers, who has offered a cash reward of $100,000 (€77,000) to whoever kills the makers of an anti-Islamic film.

Muslim protests against insults to the Prophet Mohammed turned violent in Pakistan, where at least 15 people were killed yesterday, the Muslim day of prayer, but remained mostly peaceful in other Islamic countries.

Authorities in Pakistan were today investigating a suicide bombing that killed 16 people before a rally, the latest in a series of violent incidents since the army stormed a mosque held by Islamic extremists.