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Banned outfits active in Karachi, Malik tells Senate
[Dawn] Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
on Wednesday said three banned
...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization
are responsible of murders and law and order situation in Bloody Karachi.
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...

Speaking in the Senate in response to a point of order by Muttahida Qaumi Movement
...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead...
(MQM) Senator Tahir Hussain Mashhadi, the interior minister said Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
(LeJ), Jaish-e-Muhammad and Sipah-e-Sihaba are terrorizing people in Bloody Karachi. "It is not Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) as a whole involved in Bloody Karachi killings. But, these are the splinter groups," he said.

The minister also claimed that Ehsanullah Ehsan is not a TTP front man. "He is nobody but these are the hawks in these organizations who are inflicting terror on innocent people," he remarked.

Mashhadi had mentioned the recent statement by the minister that Orcs and similar vermin were conspiring to launch massive attacks in Bloody Karachi in early Feb and sought explanation from the minister and background of his statement.

Rehman Malik explained that those busy in Bloody Karachi are different turban factions and mentioned that when the interior ministry warned of an attack on long march of Dr Tahirul Qadri, the same Ehsanullah Ehsan withdrew his statement.

But, after killing of MQM leader Manzar Imam, he claimed the responsibility as a spokesperson of the TTP. But, it is evident that he is not working for TTP but for somebody else, said the minister.

He said internal and external groups are involved in Bloody Karachi situation and killers are paid Rs 80,000 to Rs 90,000 for each killing. "I have asked the intelligence agencies to enhance monitoring as well as security. I have asked the agencies that when they get any information, they should apprehend the suspects and take preventive action."

The minister said he had reasons to suspend the service of the mobile phones and record is evident that when this decision is imposed, no incident of killing or other sabotage activity occurs that day.

He once again appealed to the parliament to enact anti-terrorism law and claimed that passage of this law will help control 50 per cent of terrorist activities as he also requested the house to provide him an opportunity to brief in-camera.

Malik further stated that killings in Bloody Karachi and Quetta and statement of Indian Services Chiefs are not a probability "but there is a theory of certainty."

Posted by: Fred 2013-01-31
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