‘There is no ethnic, sectarianism or political disputes in Karachi rather there are some gangsters who want to destabilize the city to fulfill their nefarious designs,’ said Rehman Malik responding to a bill moved by Pakistan Muslim League-N MNA Khurram Dastgir to regulate the operations of foreign security agencies in Pakistan.
Under the Bill titled The Foreign Security Agency (Regulation of Operation) Bill 2009, the PML-N MNA said the government should make legislation to regulate the operations of foreign security agencies to safeguard national security as well as national interests.
He said the bio-data of the personnel of foreign security agencies be registered with the Ministry of Interior that should also keep record of the weapons the former have during their stay in Pakistan, adding that under proposed law, these personnel would have no diplomatic immunity.
Rehman Malik said he would brief the House on Karachi issue on
Wednesday during his winding up speech on ongoing debate on Karachi situation and would disclose the hands creating law and order situation in the city.
He clarified that no operation was being carried out in Liyari rather it is meant to get rid of the people who are minting money in name of Peace Committees constituted by PPP and the MQM, despite the fact that they had no link with both of the said parties.
He said the government would not allow the operation of any foreign agency in Pakistan to work as security agency besides one US agency that is working as private contractor for logistic support to the US forces in Afghanistan, under an agreement with the previous government.
He reiterated that there is no Blackwater in Pakistan as thorough investigation has been made into the matter, adding that neither anyone applied for visa as Blackwater personnel nor anyone staying here in Pakistan.
The interior minister informed the House that as many as 411 Americans are residing in Islamabad of those 289 are diplomats and 118 residential units have been hired by the US embassy in the federal capital.
So far as drone attacks are concerned, he said drones are not
loaded from Pakistan rather their base is in Afghanistan. This House has already passed a unanimous resolution to protest the US strikes in Pakistan, resolving that the House would continue to protest that in
future too.
Commenting on a statement by mover of the bill, Rehman Malik said Pakistan cannot be compared with Iraq as ‘we are a sovereign state,’ lauding the efforts of security forces as well as police force those have ensured deliverance from the militants in Swat those were beheading innocent citizens.
However, the interior minister did not oppose the bill that was introduced and later was referred to the concerned standing committee. APP
Under the Bill titled The Foreign Security Agency (Regulation of Operation) Bill 2009, the PML-N MNA said the government should make legislation to regulate the operations of foreign security agencies to safeguard national security as well as national interests.
He said the bio-data of the personnel of foreign security agencies be registered with the Ministry of Interior that should also keep record of the weapons the former have during their stay in Pakistan, adding that under proposed law, these personnel would have no diplomatic immunity.
Rehman Malik said he would brief the House on Karachi issue on
Wednesday during his winding up speech on ongoing debate on Karachi situation and would disclose the hands creating law and order situation in the city.
He clarified that no operation was being carried out in Liyari rather it is meant to get rid of the people who are minting money in name of Peace Committees constituted by PPP and the MQM, despite the fact that they had no link with both of the said parties.
He said the government would not allow the operation of any foreign agency in Pakistan to work as security agency besides one US agency that is working as private contractor for logistic support to the US forces in Afghanistan, under an agreement with the previous government.
He reiterated that there is no Blackwater in Pakistan as thorough investigation has been made into the matter, adding that neither anyone applied for visa as Blackwater personnel nor anyone staying here in Pakistan.
The interior minister informed the House that as many as 411 Americans are residing in Islamabad of those 289 are diplomats and 118 residential units have been hired by the US embassy in the federal capital.
So far as drone attacks are concerned, he said drones are not
loaded from Pakistan rather their base is in Afghanistan. This House has already passed a unanimous resolution to protest the US strikes in Pakistan, resolving that the House would continue to protest that in
future too.
Commenting on a statement by mover of the bill, Rehman Malik said Pakistan cannot be compared with Iraq as ‘we are a sovereign state,’ lauding the efforts of security forces as well as police force those have ensured deliverance from the militants in Swat those were beheading innocent citizens.
However, the interior minister did not oppose the bill that was introduced and later was referred to the concerned standing committee. APP
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