Malik to world: Place Pak on equal footing with India

October 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - US entrepreneurs are positive about investing in West Bengal, which holds a lot of opportunity, but they want transparency and equal opportunities, US envoy to India Timothy J. Roemer said here Wednesday.

October 11th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the authorities are unable to detain Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 terror strike on Mumbai, due to lack of credible evidence and that Islamabad would not be dictated to by India in this regard. Talking to mediapersons during a function, Malik said Islamabad has asked the United States to tell India to stop interfering in the country's internal issues.

October 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned that the Taliban could carry out more suicide attacks similar to Monday's strike on the UN building in which five persons were killed and three others wounded. Talking to media persons outside the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) building in Islamabad, where the attack took place, Malik said the Taliban might resort to 'rapid attacks' as a last ditch effort to pressurize the government amid reports about fresh military operation in South Waziristan.

September 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - In what may be seen as a clear defiance on Pakistan's part on taking stern action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Islamabad would not accept any foreign country's interference over prosecuting the LeT founder leader. Malik said Pakistan would not entertain the diktat of any foreign country, as the investigations regarding Saeed's role in the 26/11 carnage were on and action would only be taken against him if there was sufficient evidence to prove India's stance.

September 26th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that India must share information it has regarding any future terror strike being planned against it, adding that New Delhi will have to bear the consequences if it refuses to do so. Malik said India must share information regarding any terrorist strike being planned against it in order to take tangible action against those plotting the attack.

September 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that India is involved in fanning terrorism inside Pakistan even though it has no 'concrete' evidence in this regard. In an interview to a private television channel, Malik claimed that extremists who were apprehended during raids in the Swat Valley have confirmed India's hand in terror activities inside Pakistan.

September 6th, 2009 KARACHI - Stressing the need for resumption of bilateral talks with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Islamabad wants relations with New Delhi on an equal footing. "We want relations with India on an equal basis and it is our resolve that we will not allow our soil to be used for terrorism.

September 3rd, 2009 DUBAI - Notwithstanding Interpol's Red Corner notice issued against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged 26/11 mastermind, Pakistan has once again refused to take action against him, saying the government is not 'obliged to immediately arrest him'. Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said there are not have enough evidence to establish the LeT kingpin's involvement in the terror attacks.

July 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik Friday said India was interfering in Balochistan and India-run terror camps in Afghanistan were training youth from Balochistan, Online news agency reported. Malik made the comments while speaking on the Balochistan issue in the Senate, the upper house of Pakistan parliament.

June 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency will carry forward the probe into the Mumbai terror attacks on the basis of the latest information provided by New Delhi, Pakistan's Interior Ministry has said. The decision was taken in a meeting between Pakistani High Commissioner in India, Shahid Malik and Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the Daily Times reports.

June 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has accused India for its laid back attitude in the Mumbai attack probe, and said that the delay being caused in the enquiry was primarily due to New Delhi's relaxed approach over the issue. Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's Advisor on Interior Rehman Malik met Indian High Commissioner Sharad Sabharwal here on Saturday, and assured him that Islamabad is sincerely probing the November 2008 terror attacks.

April 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has tabled 'documentary proof' against India Afghanistan in the Senate, which supports its claims that the two countries are involved in the on-going unrest in Balochistan. The documents stated that New Delhi was providing tactical support and was funding and training Pakistani terror groups.

April 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has blamed India for the turbulent situation in Balochistan. The Pakistan Prime Minister's Advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik told Senate members that New Delhi is backing the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) to cause disturbance and ignite insurgency in the region.

March 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India should reply soon on the 30 questions that Pakistan has forwarded relating to the Mumbai probe, Interior Advisor Rahman Malik said Sunday. Addressing a joint press conference here with Interpol Chief Ronald Noble, Malik said that the most vital information Pakistan wanted was the DNA of the terrorists, including of Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who attacked Mumbai in November last year, Geo TV reported.

December 22nd, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will act against all those involved in Mumbai's terror attacks in the country if India provides credible evidence of their involvement, a senior official said Tuesday. Rehman Malik, interior advisor to the prime minister, made the remarks at a joint press conference with Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble here.