Pakistan steps up security for I-Day

Security levels have been raised in all four provinces and the traditional flag-raising ceremony in Islamabad has been moved indoors, a security official said.

Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will raise the national flag celebrating the 58th anniversary of independence from Britain today in Islamabad's main Convention Centre rather than the usual venue, outside parliament, he said.

"The flag-hoisting venue has been shifted to Convention Centre partly due to security situation and also because of weather," the official told AFP requesting anonymity.