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 Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men.
on Tuesday said a legal procedure was being followed to arrest General
Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
for his alleged involvement in the liquidation of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
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Talking to media persons after chairing a meeting on law and order in the Federal Capital, he said the government had communicated the court orders to the Interpol which would issue red warrants for Musharraf's arrest.
Rehman Malik said the entire nation wanted the elimination of terrorism from the country. He said that he had invited the Taliban for peace negotiations with the government and prove themselves Paks by giving up violence.
"I urge the Taliban to join us in pursuit of durable peace instead of violence for future generations in the country," he said, asking them to surrender arms and give up terrorism for the larger national interest.
"I hope the Taliban will realize the situation and give up terrorism for the sake of FATA people, as development process is continuing in the area," he said.
Replying to a question about the Asghar Khan case, Rehman Malik said he would not speak on the issue as the matter was subjudice.
"Let the former Chief of Army Staff, General (r) Mirza Aslam Baig and former ISI Chief, Lt. Gen (r) Asad Durrani defend their case and prove their innocence in the court," he said.