Interpol has required documents to issue red warrant for Musharraf arrest: Malik
Malik urges Taliban to give up violence, work for development, progress of FATA and Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD:
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday said due legal procedure was being followed to arrest General Pervez Musharraf for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Talking to media persons after chairing a meeting on law and order, and security situation in the Federal Capital on the eve of Joint Parliamentary Session, he said the government had communicated court orders to the Interpol which would then issue Red Warrants for Musharraf's arrest.
Malik reaches out to Taliban
Rehman Malik said the entire nation wanted the elimination of terrorism from the country. He said had that he had extended an invitation to the Taliban for peace negotiations and prove themselves as worthy Pakistanis by giving up violence.
"I urge the Taliban to join us in pursuit of durable peace instead of violence for the future generations in the country," implored the Interior Minister, expressing his hope that “the Taliban will realise the situation and give up terrorism for the sake of the people of FATA, as development process is continuing in the area."
PPP has always been victimised
Replying to a question about the Asghar Khan case, Malik declined to speak on the issue, given the matter was sub judice.
"Let the former Chief of Army Staff, General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Baig and former ISI Chief, Lt. Gen (Retd), Asad Durrani defend their case and prove their innocence in the court," he said.
Dispelling the impression of any plot behind the Asghar Khan case, Rehman Malik said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had always been a victim of conspiracies in the past as false cases were registered against President Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto by former Chairman of Ehtesab Bureau Saif ur Rehman.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday said due legal procedure was being followed to arrest General Pervez Musharraf for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Talking to media persons after chairing a meeting on law and order, and security situation in the Federal Capital on the eve of Joint Parliamentary Session, he said the government had communicated court orders to the Interpol which would then issue Red Warrants for Musharraf's arrest.
Malik reaches out to Taliban
Rehman Malik said the entire nation wanted the elimination of terrorism from the country. He said had that he had extended an invitation to the Taliban for peace negotiations and prove themselves as worthy Pakistanis by giving up violence.
"I urge the Taliban to join us in pursuit of durable peace instead of violence for the future generations in the country," implored the Interior Minister, expressing his hope that “the Taliban will realise the situation and give up terrorism for the sake of the people of FATA, as development process is continuing in the area."
PPP has always been victimised
Replying to a question about the Asghar Khan case, Malik declined to speak on the issue, given the matter was sub judice.
"Let the former Chief of Army Staff, General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Baig and former ISI Chief, Lt. Gen (Retd), Asad Durrani defend their case and prove their innocence in the court," he said.
Dispelling the impression of any plot behind the Asghar Khan case, Rehman Malik said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had always been a victim of conspiracies in the past as false cases were registered against President Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto by former Chairman of Ehtesab Bureau Saif ur Rehman.