Pakistan News Service

Friday Mar 29, 2024, Ramadan 19, 1445 Hijri
Logo
LATEST :
Pakistan News Home -> Top -> News Details

Nawaz, Shahbaz and Qaim under threat from terrorists: Malik

08 October, 2009

  Related News  
Peshawar: Militants attacked army-run school, at least 135 dead
Suicide blast at Wagah kills 60, over 100 injured
  Related Articles  
APS Attacked: I Shall Rise and Shine, Again!
By Zaheerul Hassan
Lahore Blast Sound disappointment of terrorists
By Zaheerul Hassan
  Related Speakout  
Blackwater presence in Pakistan
Spate of suicide bombings
  More on this View All
  Related News Poll

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah are facing threats from terrorists, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday.

Malik told reporters outside the Parliament House that scanners would soon be installed in all major cities to improve security. To a question regarding the movement of foreign diplomats with sophisticated weapons, Malik said the diplomats were not allowed weapons without licences, adding that the government had rejected requests from several diplomats who wished to travel to other parts of the country.

Malik said he had asked the Foreign Office to take up the issue of the Dutch diplomat carrying weapons without a licence with the Dutch government and urged foreigners to obey the law. He said the government had ordered police to seize diplomats’ cars bearing “fake” private number plates.

The interior minister said the government had taken up the issue of drone attacks and transfer of drone technology to Pakistan with the US government, adding that Pakistan was at war against those who wished to destabilise the country. He said the government was surveying Islamabad’s residential areas to ascertain the number of houses rented by US nationals. Malik said around 50,000 people crossed the Pak-Afghan border daily and the Afghan government was reluctant to introduce Biometric screening at the border.

Ealier, replying to a point of order raised by Raza Rabbani in the Senate, Malik said the government had made it clear to the British authorities that it was not ready to allow its officials to come into Pakistan to establish a counter terrorism authority. He said the country’s armed forces were capable to set up such an authority themselves, adding that the government was “ready to help set up the authority but not ready to let the British operate it inside Pakistan”.

Rabbani had questioned the law under which the Dutch diplomats carrying unlicensed weapons were allowed to go free by security agencies. He said Pakistanis “were being treated as second-class citizens in their own country”.

End.

 What do you think about the story ? Leave your comments!

Heading (Optional)
Your Comments: *

Your Name:*
E-mail (Optional):
City (Optional):
Country (Optional):
 
 
Field marked(*) are mandatory.
Note. The PakTribune will publish as many comments as possible but cannot guarantee publication of all. PakTribune keeps its rights reserved to edit the comments for reasons of clarity, brevity and morality. The external links like http:// https:// etc... are not allowed for the time being to be posted inside comments to discourage spammers.

  Speak Out View All
Military Courts
Imran - Qadri long march
 
Candid Corner
Exclusive by
Lt. Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
Pakistan itself a victim of state-sponsored terrorism: Qamar Bajwa
Should You Try Napping During the Workday?
Suggested Sites