Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Interior Minister Rehman Malik are expressing condolences with family members of Shahbaz Bhatti at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.—AFP

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday directed the Capital Police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) to further increase the security of federal ministers, following the murder of Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti.

He gave these directions while heading a meeting, which discussed the prevailing law and order situation in the country especially after the killing of Bhatti.

Malik directed the Chief Commissioner and Inspector General of Islamabad Police to submit a preliminary inquiry report of the incident within next 48 hours.

He asked the Capital Police and FC to strengthen the security of all federal ministers by providing two additional personnel from Police and two from the FC.

The minister said Islamabad should be divided into four zones, and combing operation should be conducted immediately against the elements of banned organizations, miscreants, criminals, illegal Afghan settlers in the suburbs of the capital.

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