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Gilani orders foolproof security for Nawaz Sharif

* Prime minister, Raja Zafarul Haq discuss threats to PML-N chief
* Intelligence reports say Sharifs under threat, Malik tells Senate

Irfan Ghauri/Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the Interior Ministry and Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Thursday to provide foolproof security to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and ensure his safety.

The direction came after a meeting between PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq and Prime Minister Gilani to discuss threats to Nawaz’s life. Raja handed over an anonymous threatening letter to the prime minister. The two leaders also discussed the political situation in the country. Meanwhile, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik told the Senate on Thursday that intelligence agencies have warned that the Sharif brothers’ lives were in danger and that a Mumbai-like incident could be replicated in Karachi.

Responding to PML-N parliamentary leader Ishaq Dar, he said that the government had urged the provincial governments, through a letter, to ensure foolproof security arrangements for the PML-N leadership. He said a copy of the letter had been forwarded to the Sharif brothers and to the Inter-Services Intelligence and Military Intelligence. Dar quoted media reports about plans to eliminate the top leadership of his party, and warned the PML-N would charge those in-charge of the affairs of the government in the FIR if such a plan materialised.

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