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Summary The interior minister has clarified he was not in line to be deputy prime minister.
Rehman Malik said he is a party worker and wanted to remain a worker.He said this while talking to mediamen after attending special prayers in Shah Faisal Mosque on Wednesday.“Whatever assignments are entrusted to me by the party I complete them in a befitting manner,” he said.Malik told the media that he would be happy even if the party leadership removes him as interior minister. He said that extortionists, land mafia and target killers will not be spared at all in Karachi.To a question, he said one-month warning had been issued to the land mafia to vacate the occupied land. Action will be taken against the persons found responsible after the deadline, he said.The PPP would continue reconciliation policy and nobody will be allowed to sabotage this policy in any circumstances, he declared.Dengue virus has spread to the remotest areas, he said. “We will have to stop the spread of dengue virus. We have made request to the World Health Organization to help us. We will not leave the people of Punjab alone in this hard time and all possible assistance will be provided to the government of Punjab,” he said.Two machines had been provided to Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, he said.If no measures are taken immediately for prevention of dengue, it may spread all over the country, he warned.Rehman Malik said that provision of all information to the superior judiciary would be ensured.
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