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Per BBC:She has not been formally placed under house arrest, and police say the measure at her residence in Islamabad is for her own safety.

“She’s free to go anywhere but if she tries to go to the rally she’ll be stopped,” said an anonymous government official quoted by Reuters news agency.
The police chief of Rawalpindi, Saud Aziz, meanwhile warned that up to eight suicide bombers were in the city ahead of Friday’s planned protest.

“Naturally they will target big public meetings like what you have seen in Karachi,” Mr Aziz told the AFP news agency.

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Thanks for the update. I caught the story early from the AP via FOX, and they headlined it as “house arrest”, it was kinda still developing. That’s a lot better take on the matter. The AP could of worded the headline a little better.IMHO.

If they could come to terms to restore some semblance of democracy; they could turn their attention to the tribal regions to reign in AL-Qaeda & the Taliban. Any pacifying of these regions could have a positive affect on Afghanistan as well. The Taliban would have one less haven..of course Iran would take them in.