Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said that national flag is high in the air in Malakand due to the performance of the PPP-led government, adding that in the past the residents of the area had to seek Taliban permission even for the marriages of their girls.
Talking to media persons outside the Parliament House, the minister assured that the next general elections will take place in 2013.
He said that killing of Police Surgeon Dr Baqir Shah may be outcome of some personal enmity or a bid to defame the government, adding that investigation in this regard was underway.
Malik also said that key personalities were being targeted in order to weaken the government, and that some elements were working against the country in an effort to separate Balochistan.
To a question, he said that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s statement about presence of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan was misquoted.
Lauding Pakistan’s armed forces and the Rangers for sacrifices in anti-terror war, Malik said thousands of soldiers were martyred in this war.
Karachi, being a cosmopolitan city with huge population, cannot be crime free, according to the minister, who underlined the role of the Rangers and Frontier Constabulary in setting the situation in the city in order.
“Rangers and the FC have vital role to cause improvement in the Karachi situation,” he said.
Dr Baqir Shah’s murder may be outcome of personal enmity: Malik
