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Saturday, January 01, 2011
MQM hasn’t demanded Mirza’s removal: Malik
* Interior minister says PPP, MQM to work together for country’s betterment
KARACHI: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has not made any demand for removal of Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza.
Talking to journalists in Karachi on Friday, Malik reiterated that the MQM’s reservations would be eliminated, saying that the government had been moving in a positive direction, which would produce positive results.
He said the MQM and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would work together for betterment and peace in the country, especially in Karachi. “Our friendship, our unity, the mode of actions, action plans for the security have to go together,” he added.
He remarked that chiefs of the MQM and the Awami National Party (ANP) had played their role for the maintenance of peace, saying that “we would have to move forward with unity”.
Replying to a question, he said that over 67 accused who had been arrested on charges of target killing belonged to various groups and not from a single party. He was of the view that terrorists always tried to take refuge behind some parties but when there was an investigation a ‘different game’ came to fore. He said that a number of attempts had been made to destabilise the country.
He said that a joint investigation team had been constituted to look into the authenticity of the news item carried in a section of press regarding Benazir Bhutto’s murder conspiracy. He said, if needed, a judicial commission would also be appointed. daily times monitor/app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk