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| 'Suicide bombers may target CJP's rally to Lahore' |
| 2007-05-04 |
| The Interior Ministry has requested the Supreme Court (SC) to stop Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry from going to Lahore by road because of possible suicide attacks on his rally, Geo television reported late on Thursday night. In a letter to the SC registrar, the ministry said that according to intelligence reports several suicide bombers and vehicles packed with explosives had been sent to various areas in the Punjab to target VIPs and it feared that terrorists may target the CJPÂ’s rally on the GT Road, the channel reported. Later speaking in Geo programme Aaj Kamran Khan Key Saath, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig Javed Cheema said the government had received reports of possible terrorism and the CJP should travel to Lahore by plane to avoid an attack. He confirmed that the Interior Ministry had written to the SC registrar about its apprehensions and had requested him to bring the matter in the acting CJÂ’s notice. |
| Posted by:Fred |