KARACHI - The official biography of Ms. Benazir Bhutto, which was compiled with her active participation, and for which she herself had arranged the author's interviews with those associated with her is being updated for launching by end of this year. This was announced by the author, Dr. Mohammad Ali Shaikh, here on Thursday. He said that certifying the authenticity of the work, Ms. Benazir Bhutto had remarked in her handwritten note addressed to the author on 23 November 2000: 'I am privileged that you chose to write a biography on me. The biography is well researched and enriches academia and history'. The work was originally published in English in 2000 under title 'Benazir Bhutto: A Political Biography' and was subsequently translated as well as published in Urdu by Mussawat Press Lahore under her directions. The author was associated with her and he had also served as Director, Center for Information and Research (CIR) in the SZABIST, of which she was the Chancellor and chairperson of the Board ofGovernors. He said he had his last meeting with her on 14th December 2007 at Bilawal House, just thirteen days before her assassination. 'I possess several hours of exclusively recorded interviews with Ms. Bhutto and several others of her relatives, friends and confidantes including Sanam Bhutto, Victoria Schofield, Bashir Riaz, General (Retd) Naseerullah Baber, Wajid Shamsul Hassan, Siraj Shams, Hussain Lawai, Rehman Malik and others' stated Dr. Shaikh. 'This shall be my last tribute to her, Dr. Shaikh further pointed out.