ISLAMABAD: A day after the Supreme Court’s decision to suspend Rehman Malik’s senate membership, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani issued directives to the cabinet division to reinstate him as advisor to the prime minister on interior affairs, Express News reported.
The cabinet division, as per the prime minister’s directives, issued the notification for the reinstatement of the former interior minister as advisor, stating that he held the same post in 2008 prior to becoming a member of the Senate.
Being made the advisor, he has been given charge of the interior ministry and will now be allowed entry into the National Assembly (NA) and the Senate.
A senior official of the prime minister secretariat officially confirmed the notification.
Malik will hold this post until the verdict of the Supreme Court.
Earlier, Express News reported that Malik had stopped visiting the Interior Ministry since the Supreme Court suspended his Senate membership and sources said that he had also removed the national flag from his car, and would not be attending the future Senate sessions.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan had earlier suspended the Senate membership of Interior Minister Rehman Malik while hearing the dual nationality case.
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What a pity, corrupt regimes will always find ways to accommodate cronies. He is being rewarded for his service to Zardari not for being valuable to the country. He can take refuge in England once it is over, then can return if/when zardari lot comes to power again
This is a problem that is faced when we allow former convicted men to become politicians. The financial rewards they now receive (read as corruptly amass) is the cost we pay for their convictions (read as imprisonment).
Damu-cracy is the best revenge! You wanted it, you got it!
We are getting what we have sowed, We as a nation should pray for the forgiveness of our sins, these leaders are the result of our own wrong-doings in the past. To uproot them we have to unite ourselves and vote for Imran Khan, a person who has the vision to get this nation out of this mess.
If Rehman Malik is correct that he does not hold British Citizen any more than he should give a proof than he is no more a British Citizen and only a Pakistani citizen.
A convicted Prime Minster is backing the another would be convicted former Interior Minister.
This is the height of shame for the PPP government.
I actually have come to the conclusion that all the people, who elected these political leaders those who currently are in the parliament in Pakistan, are actually just like their rulers. And they may be in majority.
Well, that would explain a lot!
It's really really sad realizing that I may belong to the minority, those who would never vote for these leaders.
These past 4 years have been DISASTROUS for Pakistan.
SC and the judges are losing the respect and faith, they've been biased openly. I'm not a fan of PPP, but this is little too much.
LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Need i say more !
Congratulations PM and Rahman Malik sahab.TUSI GREAT HO.Pray for impartial state institutions.
Next up, Raymond Davis will become an adviser to PM.
What kind of non sense is this? Pakistan should be ruled by Pakistanis. Is that too much to ask?
Anyone who spend a few hours digging up on RM career knows he is indispensable for PPP. Mirza when he was struck by truth flu made couple of eye opening remarks on RM. This guy is far more cunning then he is given credit for. Gillani can be sidelined but not RM.
@ it's (still) Ec , are you sure that your comment will have any value for SC?.? .
@ Nauman, mirza . Your predictions are visible to us but not to SC .
Who will have more powers new Minister of interior or advisor on interior to PM? What a Country: A clean non muslim can not hold an office but convicted Muslim can be on any position.
@shahbaz your lanhuge reflects your desperation for supporters of PCO judges, these judges are tainted and openly biased .amgreat percentage of people consider them partial.this perception is present even in the minds of ppp critics ,when people have a feeling that judhpge is partia then that judge should RESIGHN
May save Pakistan from such corrupt and power-hungry rulers.
So this means our government will keep foreign nationals as advisors. No wonder we are in this mess.
Call PPP corrupt and not competent. But they are cleaver and courageous.
pakistan is very unlucky country. We have power-hungry rulers.
Everyone here had a say in what they think of Mr.Malik,PPP,Mr.Prime minister,Assemble,SC e.t.c. But haven't any of you yet wondered why the SC is continuously targeting PPP officials.I mean, to me it seems like there is something fishy,no? there is something going on inside the SC that none of us know about. (Well,maybe some do,but not many. ) With as much experience as i can gather, i never saw such verdicts being issued against officials former to PPP's government.What went wrong now? Why is the SC all of a sudden so active? (not that i have a problem, but it would be better if they use their energy on civil cases.) Our country is in the Dark ages right now, and criminals ( not talking about officials here. Just everday criminals.) are still on loose. How about we worry about them for the time being? It would do us and our country more good.
I am quite happy at this terrible news, this is turning out to be a very funny tom and jerry cartoon. Has anyone ever thought about the role of the supreme court in our politics?
If the man claims that he has renounced the UK citizenship, what proof does the PCO court have that he did not? Malik does not have the burden of proof but the prosecution which in this case are the justices themselves! The SC has lowered itself to the level of trial court, prosecutor and witness at the same time and depriving the accused of basic right of appeal to a higher court. No other SC in the world would be this politically motivated and ignore all the imp pending cases for political issues. They cannot wait one more year to change the govt and undo the election results.
@LionOfPunjab:
Permanent citizenship of Britain means you have declared / submitted your legeance to the queen and will defend the interest of Britain.
While residence or indefinite stay is a mere visa status which means you have no restrictions on visiting Britain I.e. indefinite entries.
In case of Rehman Malik it is a case of unlawful concealment and contrary to the oath that he took, which requires declaration that the person taking oath does not have a dual nationality because that can cause a conflict of interest especially for an interior minister who has to safe guard Pakistan's interest even against Britian to whom he has submitted his legeance to.
PM himself should be disqualified. What a bunch of looters are leading us!
What if Gilani is forcefully removed!?? He'll become advisor to President on General Ministerial Affairs.
Why just foreign citizenship is bothering the judiciary, IK has permanent residency of britain, ban him too from forming PTI and future elections! In my opinion citizenship and permanent residency is the same because both of these allows the holders to take the next flight out of pakistan, if things get worse for the nation or themselves! They dont have stake in pakistan as those of pakistanis who cant get out of the country in bad times, these are true pakistanis, they are here in thick and thin. Every body else is just a visitor.
Too important a wheeler dealer b/w PPP and MQM.
@Logic Europe: ". Mr malik is a strong character doing the most difficultl job in pakistan"
Very true. And he has been doing it very well. Terrorists are curtailed. When he joined, suicide bombers were on the lose, going after Pakistanis throughout the country. Attacks on foreign dignitaries, players, politicians. He successfully curtailed terror for most of the part. No high profile murder, except one case where Punjab government was responsible for the security.
A job well done.
Corrupt man is protecting the other other corrupt.
Sureme court is loosing its credibility It is there to decide cases for public but instead it is brazenly targeting PPP ! it has people in its ranks that said yes to a dictator. Malik didnt say yes so he had to go on exile and get british nationality Because of him and PPP supreme court judges are where they are now and not being dragged on streets and imprisoned. Mr malik is a strong character doing the most difficultl job in pakistan All you commentators should know that this party will return to power again No pakistani cares about his passport But some judges find hum and PPP easy target
They need to go after him for perjury. He will be convicted for that. Now he has a automatically disqualified from everything. Before you say what good will that do, Al Capone was sentenced for tax evasion, not for being a gangster. Doesn't matter how they get there, as long as they are punished.
democracy is the best revenge............................. from poor masses of this country
so cute!
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being ruled by fools ~ Plato
Hats off to the PPP leadership for attaining new heights of shamelessness!
Musharaf, Army, Maulvi better than this mess
through back door.
Vote for Imran Khan to bring about real change. Current corrupt government has not done anything in the interests of the country
PM is never tired of publicly stating that he respects the judiciary. Does he?
The PM is acting like an outlaw. PM is setting precedents that will not allow Pakistan to rank high as a country that has respect for law. May be good for Gilani but too bad for country.
Can the SC please take similar action for members of other parties also?
I am really confused................What a brazen mockery of sc decision and democracy.
Does this means that he did not give up his British nationality!
This is hallmark of PPP government. When someone is unseated or transferred because of some kind of offence he/she committed, he/she is given another lucrative post. We are not surprised.
what a shame... these sob's are more united than a common pakistani
this is the extent of shamefulness!