ISLAMABAD - Pakistan paramilitary and police forces were put on the highest "red alert" level on Thursday after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the interior ministry told AFP.
"The security was already high nationwide, but we have further alerted police and paramilitary forces," ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema told AFP.
"The security is at red alert level across Pakistan," he said.
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12/27/2007 16:23 GMT