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Sherry Rehman on terrorists' hit list

PTI | By, Islamabad
Jul 09, 2008 01:01 PM IST

Pakistan's I&B Minister Sherry Rehman is a "prime target" for terrorists and has been advised to restrict her movements in public.

Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman, a close aide of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, is a "prime target" for terrorists and has been advised to restrict her movements in public.

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Interior Minister Rehman Malik had himself conveyed information of the threat to Sherry Rehman to ensure her safety, a senior information ministry official told Dawn News channel on condition of anonymity.

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The interior ministry advised Rehman, a leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, to restrict her movements as she is on the hit list of a suicide bomber.

Rehman was part of Bhutto's entourage when the former premier was assassinated by a suicide attacker after addressing an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi in December last year.

The Pakistan government put all four provinces in a state of high alert following a suicide bombing in Islamabad on Sunday after the conclusion of rally marking the first anniversary of the storming of the Lal Masjid and a series of low-intensity blasts in Karachi on Monday.

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