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The AustralianPAKISTAN'S top leaders were due to have dinner at Islamabad's Marriott hotel on the night it was bombed but cheated death after switching venue at the last minute, a senior official said today.
The hotel however denied the claim, made by interior ministry chief Rehman Malik, that President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and military top brass had narrowly escaped Saturday's devastating attack.
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Mr Malik said that the speaker of the national assembly, or lower house of parliament, had arranged a dinner for Mr Zardari, Mr Gilani and armed services chiefs at the Marriott.
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"I have checked from the management and the hotel administration, no booking had been made for an official dinner on that day," spokesman Jamil Khawar said.
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