[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.
said on Monday that action against criminals will be taken regardless of their political affiliation, DawnNews reported.
Malik further said that from September 1 onwards only weapons with computerized licenses from Nadra will be allowed while all others will be canceled.
Speaking to the media in Bloody Karachi Malik said that people have acquired numerous weapons on a single license which needs to end.
"Strict action will be taken against people found with invalid licenses. The sentence for such a crime will be 7 to 14 years in jail," said Malik.
He further said that strict action will also be taken against extortionists.