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Police have not served Bhutto an official house arrest notice, the sources said, but her movements have been limited, according to local media reports.
The action comes hours before her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) were to begin a massive rally in Rawalpindi against the state of emergency imposed by the government on Saturday.
President Pervez Musharraf's emergency order outlawed the rally, but Bhutto has been hoping fellow opposition parties will put their differences aside and participate as a challenge to Musharraf's government.
In addition Friday, the government also took CNN and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) off air for a second time as part of a media blackout, CNN's Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad reported.
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