Army can be called for Ijaz's security if required: Rehman Malik

Interior minister says attorney general responsible for deciding security for Mansoor Ijaz.

ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) is not a security force that can provide security to Mansoor Ijaz; however, the army can be called if required, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday.

Speaking to the media at F-9 Park in Islamabad, Malik said that a meeting between the defence secretary, the interior secretary and the attorney general was underway to decide the security arrangements for Ijaz.

He added that it was the attorney general who would decide on the final security arrangements.

The government will put Ijaz’s name on the Exit Control List (ECL) if the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) asks for it, Malik said.

“I will put Ijaz’s name on ECL if PCNS directs me to do so,” Malik told the reporters at Fatima Jinnah Park.

Malik reiterated that the government can launch an investigation against Ijaz on his return to the country for violating the Article 6 of the Constitution.

Chairman of the PCNS Senator Raza Rabbani said, “I will speak to the committee on the issue”. He was commenting on the statement given by Ijaz’s counsel that his client will not appear before the parliamentary committee.