"I alone will bear the consequences of the blasphemer's killing including any prosecution by authorities overseas. It would be a matter between them and I," he said.
The Pakistani government is yet to comment on Mr Bilour's statement, but will be hard-pressed to prosecute him because it could antagonize his ANP party.
If Zardari's PPP-led federal government were to sack Mr Bilour, it could lead to the collapse of their coalition government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and further weaken the federal government, which holds a minority of seats in parliament.
Cabinet ministers have blamed religious militants associated with banned terrorist organizations for the havoc on Friday, which the government had announced as a public holiday.
Qamar Zaman Kaira, the federal information minister, fingered activists of the Sipah-i-Sahaba, a group notorious for killing Shiite Muslims, and the Lashkar-i-Taiba, believed to be responsible for the November 2008 terrorist siege of Mumbai.
"They were able to act with impunity because they are supported by anti-democratic forces with state institutions," he said in a television interview.
He did not name names, but such terminology is usually used to describe political interference by the military's Inter Services Intelligence directorate.
Religious parties staged further protests on Saturday, but without further incident.
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