'Virtual' rallies for Bhutto

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said she was considering "virtual" mass rallies and campaigning via phone to avoid mass violence after last week's deadly suicide attack on her convoy.

Bhutto wrote her suggestions in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, a day after she condemned the Government's plan to ban large rallies in the run-up to January's general elections.

"We are now focusing on hybrid techniques that combine individual and mass voter contact with sharp security constraints."