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Caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan said that President Pervez Musharraf, Nawaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, former federal ministers Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Ejaz-ul-Haq, Amir Muqam and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi faced threats to their lives from extremists.
The interior ministry directed the governments of the four provinces to step up security for these leaders, he said.
Security agencies were asked to provide foolproof security to Rehman, who heads a faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, in the wake of intelligence reports of threats to his life.
The government will provide security to these leaders but they will also have to take steps on their own to ensure that they do not expose themselves to risks, Khan told Geo News.
"They have to ensure their own security and adjust their programmes," he said.
Sherpao and Muqam recently had narrow escapes during bids on their lives by suicide bombers.
Meanwhile, interior ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema has denied reports that authorities had barred slain former premier Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari and her security advisor Rehman Malik from going abroad so that they could be available for questioning during the probe into her assassination.
Cheema said the names of Zardari and Malik had not been included in the 'exit control list' and the government was not contemplating any steps in this regard.
The Pakistani government should realize that the life of politicians and their existence is important and paramount for the betterment of not only for their country but also as the ambassador of peace in Pakistan.To vindicate its own position, the government is trying to put themselves in a picture and arduous their utmost resources to safe guard the life of their politicians regardless of their political ambitions.Recently emotions of Pakistanis have been boiled over Mrs. Benazir Bhutto assassination, so now the government is expecting from the political leaders to come up with their own security it is a bluff. It is rather estate to look after these important matters and take care of the lives of their people. On the other hand; consequently, if someone succeed in their malicious acts to kill another, the Pakistan will definitely slip into civil war. So no one could be blamed, but now it is whole responsibility lies on the shoulder of Pakistan government to speed up their process to restore democracy to avoid further damages.
Pak politicians on terrorist radarThreat to the lives of mainstream Pakistani politicians is very real. It is a very unfortunate development but this is what it is. After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, other front line political leaders like Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Mulana Fuzlur Rehman and members of the caretaker cabinet are on the hit list of the hardcore Islamists. The fact of the matter is that all moderate Pakistani politicians except perhaps those who are sympathizers of the radicals are under threat of elimination. It is the duty of the Pakistan government to make foolproof security arrangements for them till such time as democracy is restored. If the terrorists succeed in felling more political leaders democracy in Pakistan will stand derailed forever and there is a danger of Pakistan slipping into a civil war. The government of Pakistan must hasten to hold free and fair elections and let the elected government take charge to avert a disaster.RJ Khurana
Let Mussarf die a dog death like mrs bhutto then we will say weather it was a true or a false threat by Mussraf or Militants.
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