"We can confirm that as many as 43 people had been the victims of assassinations in Bloody Karachi during the last 18 days," Interior Minister
Rehman MalikPak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men.
told a presser.
"We have placed in durance vile 11 men suspected of involvement in the assassinations."
"There is a conspiracy going on against Pakistain to destabilise it, but I can't share the evidence at the moment," Malik added.
"Criminal elements could be almost present in all political parties and action will be taken across the board against them."
Malik had also held a detailed meeting with DG Rangers Pakistain (Sindh) here today.
It is our priority to provide protection to the life and property of the masses, he said.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah confirmed the number of victims and said they included members of different political groups.
"Some 43 innocent people have been bumped off since March 10, which included the activists of various political parties," said Shah.
Another 17 people were rubbed out in Bloody Karachi, Pakistain's largest city and commercial capital, in January this year.