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| Quetta Shura propaganda baseless: Malik |
| 2011-06-06 |
| [Pak Daily Times] There is no evidence of Taliban presence in the city and the propaganda in this regard is baseless, Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak 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. said on Sunday. "The propaganda of the Taliban Quetta Shura is baseless, if any one has concrete evidence about their claims, it must be shared with government", he said. Talking to the media soon after his arrival in the thriving provincial capital, Malik dispelled the impression about the alleged presence of Taliban in Quetta. "Over 30 raids have been conducted on the presence of Taliban across Balochistan, but they were not found," he said. "We will take strict action against the Quetta Shura if we were provided with concrete and sufficient proof and evidence," he added. The minister expressed his concern over the incidents of terrorism and said that those involved in these acts, were enemies of humanity. He said the situation in Balochistan was improving with every passing day. "We would always welcome our disgruntled Baloch brethren to sit with us for dialogue and find out a durable solution to the Balochistan issue," Malik said. |
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