CIA not conducting operation in Pakistan: Malik
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that Pakistan was a sovereign state and that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was neither conducting any operation inside the country nor would it be allowed to do so.
Talking to the media outside parliament, he said the law enforcement agencies were conducting an operation against illegal immigrants. He said the people who were living in Pakistan despite the expiry of visas had also been deported.
He urged the people to stand with national security agencies and criticism of them without any evidence was unjustified because they were fighting for the survival of the country.
He said timely reporting about 1,100 cases by the agencies saved the country from terrorist activities. Rehman Malik termed the news about deleting of Saleem Shahzad’s data totally wrong. “A commission has been formed to probe the killing of Saleem Shahzad. Maintaining the law and order situation is the responsibility of the provinces. The law and order situation in Karachi is under control,” he said.
“Rangers were deployed in Karachi on the request of Sindh government to assist the police force. The police strength was not enough to control the law and order situation in Sindh. It will be unfair to blame the whole Rangers personnel for an individuals action.”
He said during the last five month about 48 police personnel had embraced martyrdom while taking action against criminals. He said all checkpoints in the capital had been restored and the police forces deployed there had been directed to check people without any discrimination.
“The government will take all possible measures to protect the live and propriety of the people,” he said. To a question, he replied: “Islamabad IGP will be appointed soon”.
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