Fatima Bhutto, niece of slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, says her 'blood froze' on the day Asif Ali Zardari became the country's president and prompted Her to send away her younger brother from the country fearing for his safety.

Zardari was accused of plotting the murder of Fatima's father Murtaza Bhutto but had been acquitted of the charge.

'On 20 September, 2008, on the 12th anniversary of Papa's death, Asif Zardari took his oath as President of Pakistan.