New Delhi: Asif Ali Zardari, former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s husband, has blamed President General Pervez Musharraf’s government for the bomb attacks on her convoy in Karachi on Thursday.
“Elements inside the government are responsible for the blasts,” he told CNN-IBN from Dubai hours after two blasts hit Bhutto’s procession and killed more than hundred people.
“The blasts were a part of a conspiracy and they were a direct attack on Benazir. We blame the intelligence agencies for this. Phone jammers were not working during the procession and security measures were not enough for such an event.
Zardari said Bhutto survived because her Pakistan People’s Party supporters had formed a security ring around her. “There were 500 people surrounding her; that's why Benazir is safe. People who were not her supporters were allowed in the court”
Zardari said Bhutto had written a letter to Musharraf before leaving Dubai and demanded that he take certain “steps” for her security.
“Benazir’s life dedicated for the cause of democracy and the government will lose out because of this attack.”
Zardari, a businessman Bhutto wed in an arranged marriage in 1987, has been seen as her greatest liability. He was released on bail after eight years in prison in 2004. The Pakistani government recently issued a ‘national reconciliation ordinance’ which absolved him.
(With Reuters)
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