Pak 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 Monday said that no preparations were underway for a military operation in the North
Wazoo tribal region, DawnNews reported.Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad, Malik said the plot to attack 14-year-old rights activist Malala Yousufzai was made in the Pak-Afghan border region.
The minister moreover said that the details of shifting Malala to the UK had not been made public due to security concerns.
Malik said Malala's condition had improved and swelling on her brain's membrane had decreased.
Pak doctors were also accompanying Malala, the minister said, adding that, she could also breathe without a ventilator.
He said the impression that a military operation for North Waziristan was being planned in the wake of the attack on Malala was wrong.
The minister further said that Malala's attackers had been identified and the plot to attack the child activist had been made in the Pak-Afghan border region.
He said the names of the attackers were not being revealed for several reasons, adding that, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) had threatened to attack Malala again.
The minister said certain media house had also been threatened by the gun-hung tough guys over their coverage of the attack on Malala.