[Dawn] Federal Interior Minister Rehman MalikPak 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 Tuesday demanded Afghanistan to arrest and hand over Pak Taliban leader Maulvi Fazlullah who, he said, is based in Kunar province.
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
How about in exchange for Jalauddin Haqqani? Sound pretty fair?
Addressing a presser, Malik said the bully boyz are launching attacks on Pak villages and security posts along the Pak-Afghan border in Bajour, Dir and Chitral areas from inside Afghanistan.
The interior minister said the Afghan government should cooperate in sealing the Pak-Afghan border as it is necessary to control terrorism.
Commenting on war against terrorism, Malik said the bully boyz have been defeated and they are on the run now, adding that around forty thousand Pak nationals have sacrificed their lives for the cause.
Vowing to continue the governmentÂ’s efforts against terrorism, he said that all those young man, who have been engaged by the Death Eaters, would be given employment opportunities if they end their links with them.
Answering a question, Malik said that investigation on Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
liquidation has been finalised and it will be made public with permission of the court.
Earlier, the minister inaugurated Pak Origin Cads (POC) for overseas Paks and their spouses. He also launched the Smart Card to replace the existing Computerized National Identity Cards (NIC). The new card would hold thirty eight features.