An anti-terrorism court Saturday rejected an application against the confiscation of former president Pervez Musharraf’s property and freezing his bank accounts for his failure to appear before it in the murder case of former premier Benazir Bhutto, court officials said. The court has already declared the former military president an “absconder” in the 2007 […]
Interior minister Rehman Malik Thursday submitted a written apology to the Supreme Court in reference to the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) corruption case. The Supreme Court had taken a suo moto action against the corruption charges against PSM. Rehman Malik’s involvement in the case began when he formulated a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday said that Pakistan has decided to control illegal crossing of Pak-Afghan border from next month. Talking to newsmen in Islamabad he said no body without legal documents would be allowed to cross the border from March 8. Pakistan and Afghanistan have over 2000 kilometers porous border and both […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday claimed that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have links with each other. Talking to media in Jehanian near Khanewal, Rehman Malik said that Malik Ishaq and Allama Ludhyanvi are leading two groups of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi with the new name ‘Ahli-Sunnah wal-Jamaat’. The Interior Minister said due to the action […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said Pakistan will demand handing over of Taliban leader Maulvi Faqir Muhammad from Afghanistan through the Interpol. Talking to reporters in Islamabad on Saturday Rehman Malik said Maulvi Faqir Muhammad arrested by the Afghan authorities is wanted in different cases. “W want his deportation to Pakistan so that […]
Law Minister Farooq H Naek Friday said that Governor’s rule in Balochistan will be lifted by March 14, just few days before the government completes its five-year term. The statement is thought to be politically-motivated as the current assemblies are scheduled to be dissolved on March 17. Governor rules was imposed in Balochistan […]
Interior Minister, Rehman Malik Wednesday asked the Taliban to declare a 30-day ceasefire if they want dialogue with the government. It was the first formal government’s response to the Taliban dialogue offer to end their attacks, which have killed nearly 40,000 people including security forces, in the past 10 years. “The government is […]
Pakistani Taliban offered conditional dialogue offer to the government on February 4 that raised hopes for an important move to end the years of violence which has claimed lives of nearly 40,000 people including security forces in nearly 10 years. The government has not yet responded to the offer and Interior Minister Rehman Malik […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday said that Taliban are neither serious nor sincere in talks with the government. The remarks came days after the Taliban offered conditional talks with the government, who also sought guarantee of three senior Pakistani religious and political leaders. The Taliban spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, had also called for the […]
The people of Karachi were greeted Friday morning with yet another cell phone suspension over the so-called notion of security concerns after the failure of the law enforcement agencies to check terrorist attacks and activities of criminal gangs. Cell phones will remain silent until 3 p.m. in the port city of nearly 18 million […]
Renowned Indian filmstar Shah Rukh Khan has described a controversy centered around him as “nonsense” and said an article he wrote recently titled ‘Being a Khan’ was being misquoted. “I implore you all that please read the article. Nowhere does it say that I feel unsafe in my country,” he said. “I wrote this article to […]
Jan 30 2013 | Posted in
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India has responded strongly to Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s demand that the India provide security for actor Shahrukh Khan. Home Secretary RK Singh has asked Rehman Malik to worry about the security of Pakistani citizens and said that India is fully capable of looking after its own. “We are capable of looking after […]
Jan 29 2013 | Posted in
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