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So strong was the scare that almost all private schools in the city closed down due to panic on Friday morning though there were no specific threats to such institutions.
Security was beefed up at important installations, including the presidency, Prime Minister's House, parliament, government offices, diplomatic missions and residences of diplomats, he said.
Extra police and Pakistan Rangers have been deployed to guard key installations, Malik told Dawn News channel.
Security has also been tightened at the police headquarters and offices of intelligence agencies, which have been targeted by suicide bombers in the past.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud had recently threatened to carry out two suicide attacks a week to avenge US drone attacks in the country's tribal areas.
He also claimed responsibility for the terrorist siege of a police training centre near Lahore and a suicide attack on a Special Branch office in Islamabad.
The US Embassy on Friday suspended visa and consular services due to "heightened security", a spokesperson said. The Embassy spokesperson said the services were expected to resume on Monday. The official did not give details though the move could be linked to strict security arrangements made for Good Friday.
Reports said staff of the US Embassy and UN offices had been told to limit their movements and to stay away from busy areas. Some embassies curtailed their operations while others closed down for the day.
Offices of the World Bank and UN closed down for the day while the office of the Asian Development Bank was shut indefinitely two days ago due to security concerns. Security was also tighter than usual outside the National Assembly and security personnel thoroughly checked all visitors.
Malik said the security plan for the parliament building had been revamped and more security personnel deployed around it.
Officials said visitors would have to pass through a specific passage to go straight to the visitors' gallery and they would not be allowed to mix with parliamentarians or to go to ministers' chambers.
This was done following reports that parliamentarians could be targeted by suicide bombers at a spot near the main gate where they interact with media, officials said.
The site for media interactions is being relocated and CCTVs are being installed all over the parliament premises.
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The Taliban are true Muslms. They are the right people to rule Islamic Pakistan. It will also give India an opportunity to use its nuclear weapons to wipe out AQ Khan and his creations, which the world sees as a grave threat.
Pakistan seems to have capitulated before the barbaric Taliban. This is getting really dangerous. They need to act now!!!!
What alert ? Itis now too late .The cowardly Paki Army and the ISI just does not have the guts to take on the TalibanIt seems thatwhat the American expert said is true - Pakistan will disintegrate in 6 months. Now the question that will be asked is whether Pakistan can survive for another 6 months ?
History bears fact of the atrocities committed by the British in India. When they left, they left behind a legacy of bloodshed. Dividing the Hindu land into 3 entities-Burma, E and W Pakistan was an evil, diabolic plan to divide two communities. Guess what? Evil ALWAYS pays back with evil. The Muslims that the Brits have supported for so long are doing exactly what the Brits did to the sub-continent. The chickens are coming back to roost, fellas. I am an Indian Christian and I dont like what you did to my country in the name of Christianity and God. My Bible tells me in the OT after the Tower of Babel episode that God set the boundaries for each people group (Acts 17:26) and you had no right to divide our ancestral homelands. We are the descendants of Shem and close cousins withe Israel if you consider genealogy. The same goes for the European settlers in North America who have committed genocides of the native populations and claim something that doesnt belong to them as their own properties. God will avenge us someday! (Never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. Romans 12:19)There is a day of reckoning but before that you will pay in this lifetime.As far as the Muslims are considered, The NT says that whosoever does not believe that Jesus is the Messiah and has died and resurrected, the same is the Anti-Christ. [Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son" (1 John 2:22).] The fate of the people who follow the principles of the Anti-Christ is sealed as well. [The worshipers of Antichrist will have the smoke of their torment ascend up for ever and ever: and they shall have no rest day nor night for whoever worships the beast (the Antichrist) and whosoever receives the mark (666) of his name. (paraphrased from Revelation 14:11] Wake up fellas(UK and US)! Mind your own business [1 Thessalonians 4:11.] Don't align yourself with evil-doers or divide our ancestral homelands.
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With a country in this position, How can Zardari can ask to resume talks with India?Funny... I cannot understand.
High time that Obama stops talking and starts walking. Oonchi oonchi baton se kisika pet bharta nahin.........