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Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar is currently presiding over a meeting of the federal cabinet in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reports.

The meeting comes amid heightened security concerns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan ahead of the general elections on February 8.

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