Beleaguered Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday pledged to defeat conspiracies by "non-state actors" who want to break up the country and made it clear that the PPP-led government would overcome all challenges confronting it.
Zardari made a rare public appearance at Garhi Khuda Baksh in Sindh province to address a gathering on the second death anniversary of his slain wife, former premier Benazir Bhutto, and said certain "non-state actors want to break up Pakistan".
There was also a conspiracy to weaken the provinces, he alleged.
The ruling Pakistan People's Party would overcome the challenges confronting it and the country and elements hatching conspiracies against the government will not succeed, he said.
The PPP will not allow non-state actors to turn Pakistan into another dysfunctional state like Iraq or Afghanistan, he said.
The PPP has worked for political reconciliation in line with the policies of its founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Benazir, Zardari said.
The party had "saved Pakistan" in difficult circumstances, including a global economic recession, and made "difficult decisions" with the backing of its workers, he said.
{{/usCountry}}The party had "saved Pakistan" in difficult circumstances, including a global economic recession, and made "difficult decisions" with the backing of its workers, he said.
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