ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday the best way to pay tribute to slain premier Benazir Bhutto on the fourth anniversary of her death was to foil anti-democracy 'conspiracies'.
Tensions between the army and government appear to have soared in recent days over a secret memo that allegedly sought US intervention to prevent a feared coup.
'Today we pay tributes to her. The best way to do it is to defend and protect democracy and democratic institutions in the country and foil all conspiracies against it,' the beleaguered Mr Zardari said in a statement. Bhutto, twice-elected prime minister and wife of Mr Zardari, was killed in a gun and suicide attack on Dec 27, 2007 in the garrison city of Rawalpindi after addressing an election rally.
'Let us on this day re-dedicate ourselves to the democratic mission of Shaheed (martyr) Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto whose life was dedicated to fighting dictatorship and those seeking to defame and dismantle democratic institutions,' the president said. AFP
