Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday revealed that police foiled a plot to attack parliament during the presidential address to the joint session and two accused including a Finance Office official had been arrested.
“Two terrorists, who wanted to attack the Parliament House on the eve of President Asif Ali Zardari’s fifth address to the joint session, have been traced,” Malik told reporters men outside his residence.
He said one of the arrested was an employee of the Foreign Office, who had been arrested for helping terrorists in completing their nefarious design during the joint session of parliament.
It is said that the two suspects belong to a banned outfit, based in North Waziristan.
The minister praised the police for thwarting the terrorist bid. He said enemies of Pakistan had been working to destabilise the country.
Talking about the unrest in Karachi, he said some foreign elements were involved in Karachi unrest, adding that terrorists after committing crime at commercial hub of the country have been fleeing in the neighbouring countries including Iran and Afghanistan.
“We have evidence of foreign involvement in the country,” he said.