But Mr Zardari soon reneged on pledges to restore the deposed chief justice, and to amend the constitution to divest the presidency of the extraordinary powers accrued to it by Mr Musharraf.

• 扎尔达里曾经誓要恢复民主这一被扼杀掉的首要大义，并要修改宪法中穆沙拉夫人为地加到总统身上的特权，但很快他又背弃了这一誓言。