CIA not allowed to operate in Pakistan: Malik

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CIA not allowed to operate in Pakistan: Malik

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The minister rebuked the security staff of the National Assembly for not frisking him.

18 June,2011 02:22 pm

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said that Pakistan was a sovereign state and would not allow CIA to launch operations in Pakistan.“CIA will not be allowed to launch illegal operations in the country,” Malik said while talking to the media outside parliament.Malik said that the country’s intelligence agencies should not be criticised, adding that 1,100 incidents of terrorism were avoided on the reports of the intelligence agencies.The minister held the land and drug mafia responsible for troubles in Karachi. However, he said that Rangers should keep their morale high and should not be demoralised due to individual act of few Rangers officials. He said that 48 police officials were killed in one month alone.Malik said that the incident of passport theft in Karachi was being investigated whereas all the stolen passports had been cancelled.He said that the provincial governments were responsible for the maintenance of law and order in their jurisdictions.He said that no one was allowed to work in Pakistan on tourist visa. Malik also denied that the record of Saleem Shehzad’s phone had been removed. All the record is available, he said.The minister said that he would accept the Supreme Court’s decision. He also said that Zulfiqar Mirza was a respectable party leader and a brave man.Malik said that he was the first target of opposition parties, adding that it was the job of opposition to criticize otherwise it would be labeled as ‘friendly opposition’.The minister rebuked the security staff of the National Assembly for not frisking him. The officials said they did not frisk him out of respect.