Rehman Malik

Asif Ali Zardari blames international forces for Pakistan polls loss

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has blamed national and international forces for his Pakistan Peoples Party's defeat in the landmark general elections this month.

Rehman Malik to be questioned in Benazir Bhutto killing case

Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2013

Pakistani investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto have decided to quiz Rehman Malik after being told by Pervez Musharraf that the former interior minister had decided details of her security on the day she was ki...

India starts 'visa on arrival' facility for Pakistani senior citizens

Press Trust of India | Friday April 5, 2013

India today started the 'visa on arrival' facility for senior citizens from Pakistan. The facility, which was supposed to start on January 15 as part of the new liberalised visa pact between the two neighbours, was suspended following the killing of ...

Pakistan issues nearly 70,000 licences for prohibited weapons

Press Trust of India | Friday March 1, 2013

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has issued over 69,000 licences for prohibited bore weapons, including Kalashnikovs and sub-machine guns, on the recommendation of members of parliament over the past five years.

Pakistan Taliban describes Rehman Malik as a comedian

Press Trust of India | Monday February 25, 2013

The Pakistani Taliban have mocked Interior Minister Rehman Malik by describing him as a "comedian", with a militant spokesman saying a "serious person" should replace him for any dialogue between the two sides.

Pakistan to approach Interpol over Maulvi Faqir Mohammad

Press Trust of India | Saturday February 23, 2013

Pakistan will approach Interpol for the handing over of Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a senior commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan who was recently captured in Afghanistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today.

Celebrities become soft targets: Priyanka Chopra

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 30, 2013

Regarding the controversy about Shah Rukh Khan's comments on being a Muslim, Priyanka Chopra says people often use celebrities to "advance their propagandas".

The SRK controversy: we can protect our own, says India to Pakistan

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Tuesday January 29, 2013

India is capable of securing its citizens, Home Secretary RK Singh said on Tuesday in response to Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik's statement that the Indian government should provide security to actor Shah Rukh Khan.

Indian government should provide security to Shah Rukh Khan: Rehman Malik

Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 29, 2013

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday waded into the controversy over Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's remarks about the problems purportedly faced by Indian Muslims, saying the Indian government should provide the actor security.

Pakistan to release all Indian fishermen soon

Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 22, 2013

All Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails would be released soon, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday.

Pakistan protesters defiant after clashes

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday January 15, 2013

A Pakistani cleric Tuesday urged thousands of protesters massed in Islamabad to camp out for another day, defiant after police fired tear gas and the government ignored his ultimatum to disband parliament.

Pakistan's response to India's 26/11 'wishlist' unsatisfactory: Salman Khurshid

Press Trust of India | Sunday January 6, 2013

Pakistan's response to India's "wishlist" with regard to those behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks is "critical" to "substantive movement" in the bilateral dialogue, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said today.

Pakistan to lift ban on YouTube within 24 hours: Rehman Malik

Press Trust of India | Friday December 28, 2012

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said Pakistani authorities would lift a ban on YouTube within 24 hours, over three months after the popular website was blocked so that people could not access clips from an anti-Islam film.

Why was Pak minister Rehman Malik invited to Delhi at all, asks BJP

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday December 17, 2012

After a series of controversial remarks by Pakistani minister Rehman Malik outraged India, the main opposition party, the BJP, has asked the government to explain why he was invited to New Delhi.

India provided insufficient information against Hafiz Saeed: Rehman Malik

Press Trust of India | Sunday December 16, 2012

India has provided "insufficient information" against Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and Pakistan could take action only on the basis of evidence that stands the test of courts, Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed today.