Islamabad, July 17: The conspirators, who killed former premier Benazir Bhutto, wanted to “provoke” her supporters with her assassination so as to hasten the process of “balkanisation” of Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.
Pakistan approached the UN to probe the assassination of Bhutto as it wanted to uncover the conspiracy to “balkanise” the country, Zardari told the three-member UN Commission of Inquiry probing the facts and circumstances of his wife’s assassination here yesterday.
“We approached the UN because firstly we wanted transparent and above-board investigations so that there are no accusations of bias,” he said.
“We also wanted to unearth any conspiracy to balkanise Pakistan and let the world know how a democratic leader heroically laid down her life to foil the designs against the country and thereby to honour her internationally,” he said.
–PTI