The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled to be held at the heavily-fortified Presidential Palace in
Ghulam Muhammad Wazir, press attach at the Pakistan Embassy in
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Interior Minister Rahman Malik, Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan and Afrasiab Khattak would accompany President Zardari, Wazir said. He added a team of Pakistani reporters would arrive in
Official sources confided to this scribe US,
Mahmood Ahmadzai, a member of the media office at the Presidential Palace, refused to offer any information about the foreign dignitaries attending the ceremony.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD), meanwhile, announced that tight security measures had been put in place and most roads would be closed to traffic tomorrow. The MoD said Thursday would be a holiday to deal with possible problems resulting from road blockades.
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