Anwar served as an adviser on youth and labor affairs to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

CNN: BHUTTO'S HEIR TO VIOLENCE

This is the first time a foreigner has been accused of desecrating holy scriptures under Pakistan law, the BBC's Zulfiqar Ali reports.

BBC: Chinese man held in Kashmir over 'Koran desecration'

He is the third generation of his family to assume a leading role in the PPP -- the party was set up by his grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's first elected prime minister.

CNN: Bhutto's son: Democracy is revenge

On Wednesday, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza to Islamabad to dicuss the situation.

BBC: Karachi mayhem continues with 10 more dead