KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik wished former home minister Zulfiqar Mirza "Eid Mubarak" on Wednesday, the first day of Eidul Fitr.
He said that “being the elder brother” he (Malik) would show more patience.
“I say: happy Eid Mubarak, my dear Dr Zulfiqar Mirza,” Malik said in high spirits, talking to the media at Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah's mausoleum in Karachi. Mirza, however, was not present on the occasion.
He added that it saddened him to see Mirza cry at the press conference in Hyderabad yesterday (Tuesday).
He also said that he believes Mirza is a “good person, but should not be so easily angered”.
Earlier this week, Mirza lashed out against the interior minister – calling him a ‘congenital liar’ and ‘the single biggest threat to Pakistan’s future’.
Malik added that the youth of Pakistan is “the asset of the nation” and that the young generation’s services will be utilised for community policing across the country.
“We have had good experience of youth policing in Islamabad and it is our endeavour to further avail their services in all major cities in collaboration with the local area police,” he said while talking to the media after Eid prayers.
The minister said that the country was facing multi-pronged challenges and added that the government was determined to curb lawlessness and tackle the issue of terrorism.
“The government will soon bring all the arrested terrorists before the public,” he added.
Malik said that the ban on pillion riding was lifted to provide relief to the masses on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. He said that the action against terrorists and extortionists will continue.
Referring to attacks in Quetta and elsewhere in Balochistan, Malik said that a handful activists of Lashkar-e-Jangvi and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) were allegedly involved in terror activities.
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Zulfiqar Mirza is true and honest Pakistani leader .He should quiet PPP and join pakistan tehrik insaf for the sake of poor pakistani.If we have 300 peoples in Pakistan like Dr mirza and Imran khan we will change the pakistan for betterment and we would llive like respectable citizen of pakistan. we salute to dr Mirza we consider him the savy of Pakistan and sindh.
I think I have seen this before....hmmm, some Indian soap opera on tv.. I'm just waiting to see who slaps whom!
Mr, rehman Malik is a nice person, he has control over his nerves and does not lose his temper; a quality few politicians are possessed with.
" Happy independence day " actually rehman malik wanted to say
hello eid mubrak all pakistan
Decoding Rehamn Baba:
" when he is eating an apple he would say I am eating a banana"
when he says Eid Mubaraq he means.............................................!
(Fill it urself:)
We will never believe a single word that Rehman Malik utters.
EID MUBARAK