Army criticism: Malik wants Chaudhry Nisar to apologise

Nisar's statements regarding the Army in light of the extra-judicial killings have hurt the nation, says Malik.

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik pressed opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar to take back his statements regarding the Army, while speaking to the media on Sunday.

Malik said that if the people of the country start criticising the Army then there will be no difference between the people and other states, including India, which malign the institution.

“The states can fight as much as they want to, but the institutions should be kept aside,” he remarked.

Stressing on Nisar to issue an apology, Malik said: “Chaudhry Nisar is like my elder brother… I hope he will apologise.”

He added that he wants to apologise to the Army, and everyone who was hurt by the statements, on behalf of the government and the parliament.

Nisar, during his speech in the National Assembly on Friday, had slammed the army and the security agencies, and had called on the prime minister to deal with them in a stern manner.

He raised the criticism in light of the recent extra-judicial killings, which included the murder of four GHQ attack suspects who were killed after being picked up from the Adiala jail.