Interior Minister Rehman MalikPak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. 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. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
on Thursday constituted an investigative team, headed by a senior police superintendent (SSP), to probe the Rimsha Masih case.
The child still hasn't been released despite the apprehension of the guy whut dunnit....
A high level meeting was chaired by the interior minister in Islamabad to review the progress of investigation regarding Rimsa Masih, the 14-year old Pak Christian girl accused of blasphemy -- a case that has prompted worldwide concern.
The investigation, headed by SSP Tahir Alam, will be supervised by a district magistrate. Alam will submit a daily progress report of the investigation to the magistrate.
The interior minister on Thursday also directed the Chief Commissioner to take into confidence the Islamabad Ulema Council and share the investigation in a transparent manner.
The young girl, belonging to a poor Islamabad suburb, has been in jug for nearly three weeks after she was accused of burning pages containing verses from the Koran.
Last week, Khalid Jadoon, the imam who first gave police evidence against her, was cooled for a few years
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
after his deputy accused him of adding pages from the holy book to the burnt papers taken from Rimsha.
The girl, who is "uneducated" and has a mental age of less than 14 according to a medical report, will remain in a high-security prison until Friday at the earliest -- by which time the minor will have spent 22 days in jug.