Musharraf holds emergency meeting after assassination of Bhutto

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is holding an emergency meeting at the presidency Thursday with top government officials after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, state-run television reported.

Bhutto, 54, died in a hospital after a suspected suicide rocked her election rally at the Liaquat Bagh park in Rawalpindi, some 30 km south from Islamabad.

The latest reports from the state-run PTV said at least ten people were killed in the blast.