LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday categorically said that the American security contractor Blackwater is not present in the country and if one can provide evidence on the contrary, ‘I guarantee that immediate action will be taken’.
He made these comments during his meeting with former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad held at Mansoora. JI chief Syed Munawwar Hassan, party leader Dr Fareed Ahmad Paracha and other senior JI office bearers were also present on the occasion.
Separately, he also met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at a high-level meeting held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat to review the prevailing law and order situation in the province. Later he also held a meeting with the Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer.