Interior Minister Rehman MalikPak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men.
said on Monday that the government would not hold talks with Taliban until they surrender. Talking to media outside parliament, he said, "We will hold talks with Taliban if they surrender and accept government's writ." The minister said he has asked the Taliban to come down from mountains and surrender the arms to the law enforcement agencies. To a question, he said, law and order has improved due to steps taken by the government, adding that no untoward incident took place during Ashura. "The law and order situation throughout the country has improved due to effective strategy and measures taken by the government," he added. He said the government would take all possible steps to establish its writ. "We have rendered unmatched sacrifices in the war against terrorism. Around 36,000 persons have been killed by the terrorists," he told media. He further said that peace had been restored by law enforcement agencies in Malakand, Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
and other areas.