[Dawn] Federal 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.
has said that Pakistain itself has the capability to launch an offensive against terrorists.
"We could if we wanted to. We just don't want to."
The Interior Minister said that Pakistain will not tolerate any foreign intervention on its soil.
"Except for Arabs. We like Arabs. We don't like Americans. They're ucky."
"We are jointly fighting against the enemy but hard boyz are taking the advantage due to the lack of a joint strategy," he said.
"'Joint' is a synonym for 'coherent,' y'know."
Pakistain has been extending all possible cooperation to the United States in its war on terrorism;
This has somehow involved Osama bin Laden living within walking distance of a major military installation for several years.
therefore, the United States should respect the illusory sovereignty of Pakistain.
"Otherwise we'll dump yer American asses and then where'll yez be? Riddle me dat!"
Rejecting the US allegations about ISI-Haqqani ties, Malik said that if the United States has any sort of information in this connection they should share that with Pakistain.
"Just like if they'd had any evidence that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistain they shoulda told us... Well, they shoulda told us different than they did. And there is no Quetta Shoura. And Mullah Omar lives someplace else. And Omar Saeed Sheikh would be dead now if it wasn't for something the Americans did."