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Govt won t let banned outfits work: Malik
Posted on: Fri March 12, 2010
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LAHORE: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has admitted that banned militant organizations are still working in Pakistan, warning the outfits to wind up their network, otherwise, strict action would be taken against them.
He expressed these views while talking to the media at the Horse and Tattoo Show organized at the Lahore Race Club on Thursday. The Interior Minister stated that he had convened the meeting of all Home Secretaries in next week to make a policy to deal with the banned militants. He expressed his anguish over the hoisting of flags of Sipah Sahaba and other militant activity in Jhang during the campaigns of by-polls, adding the activity would also not be allowed in future.
Malik said that a branch of TTP had claimed the responsibility of attack at the offices of Special Intelligence Agency (SIA) in Model Town. Talking about the investigation cells in the residential area of Lahore, he said that he would question and write a letter to the Punjab government. To a query, he hoped that Punjab governor Salman Taseer and Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah would not cross the limits, terming their allegations the politics of statements. He said that he had met with the father of abducted child in Jhelum, adding they had left for the UK, defying his orders. He said investigation was underway and the law enforcement agencies would find him soon.
He said Pakistan was known in the world due to its cultural activities. He thanked President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiyani and the Pak Army over the successful operations against the militants. He expressed the hope that they would continue their war against militants in future
Courtesy : The News