New Delhi: India on Sunday reacted strongly to Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik statement that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Abu Jundal was an operative of an elite Indian intelligence agency, saying it was a "ridiculous" remark. "Such a statement is ridiculous. Jundal was working with the LeT in Pakistan's soil when the Mumbai terror attack was carried out," Home Secretary RK Singh said. Singh was reacting to Malik's statement during the...
07:33 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday blamed Indian security agencies for their "failure" to prevent the Mumbai terror attack and alleged that Indian non-state actors were involved in the massacre. Malik also said had there been interaction between Pakistan and India and regular sharing of information, the 26/11 attack could have been prevented. He said Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley had conspired with al Qaeda terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri,...
07:09 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik is winding up his visit to India, but not before stirring up another controversy. Malik claimed Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Abu Jundal, who was allegedly present in the control room during the Mumbai attacks, is an Indian agent. "Abu Jundal's statement was taken in Saudi Arabia. In his own statement, Jundal says he is a criminal having been charged in many cases. He also worked...
01:42 PM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that if Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh does not visit his country, the people will be disappointed. Malik, who met Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Saturday and reminded him of the long-standing invitation to visit Pakistan, said people in Manmohan Singh's native Chakwal district in what is now Paksitani Punjab were eager to meet him. He said the Indian...
06:29 AM, Dec 16, 2012
The Pakistani minister pointed out that the delay was not precipitated by the government, but was due to the judicial process. ...
10:36 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday discussed the alleged atrocities on Hindus in Pakistan and the slow progress of 26/11 cases with Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik. "I discussed the persecution of Hindus in Pakistan with the minister, including the recent flight of many Hindu families to India," Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lower House of Parliament, told reporters after the meeting with...
10:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is on a visit to India, on Saturday went for damage control, saying he was not trying to equate the Babri Masjid demolition with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks during his interaction with mediapersons after his arrival in New Delhi. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Pakistan minister pointed that he had also brought up Shia-Sunni issues in Pakistan as well as the 9/11...
09:20 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Facing criticism over the slow pace of 26/11 trial in Pakistan, Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said attempts were being made to "fast-track" the case and wanted India to give "hard" and "substantive" evidence for the arrest of mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Malik, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, later said an application to fast track the case had been moved in the Lahore High Court...
08:22 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Prantij: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Congress party of "keeping the country in dark" over Sir Creek issue and slammed the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for "lacking the guts" to take on "authoritative" Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik, who had created a flutter on Friday when he equated 26/11 Mumbai attacks to the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya....
06:36 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Clarifying his controversial remarks on Babri Masjid, visiting Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said he never compared the 26/11 attacks with the demolition. "I was simply talking about the ugly events such as Mumbai and so many others," Malik said in a press conference, after his meeting with Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. On Friday night, Malik had equated the 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya...
03:13 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Rehman Malik, interior minister of Pakistan, landed in Delhi, came out of the airport, folded his hands to do a namaste and announced he was ...
12:57 PM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan's Interior Minister, who is in country for a three day visit, will call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, his second day of the trip, but will not hold a meeting with United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi. There has been no agenda set for the meeting with prime minister officially, but reports suggest that the two leaders may talk on the Sir Creek issue, apart...
09:35 AM, Dec 15, 2012
Visiting Pakistan Interior Minister met Sarabjit Singh's family and assured them of visas to meet the jailed Indian prisoner. Sarabjit's sister, Daljit Kaur, said Malik assured he is confident of Sarabjit's release even though it may take time. Malik, who arrived in New Delhi on Friday evening, had said that he had come to the country to take the peace process between the two neighbours forward. ...
08:51 AM, Dec 15, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is on a three day visit in the country, has created controversy by claiming he is unsure whether Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia was killed by a Pakistani bullet or the weather. Within minutes of landing in New Delhi, Malik set off a storm with his comment on the case of Captain Kalia, who, along with others in his team, was brutally...
08:34 AM, Dec 15, 2012
Rehman Malik calls Pakistan a victim of terror, says need proof to arrest Hafiz Saeed. Indian nurse Jacintha slammed Australian RJs, hospital staff in suicide notes. ...
11:57 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that he has come to India to take the peace process forward with the country. ...
11:51 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: The sister of jailed Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh on Friday met Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik over the issue of clemency to her brother. The Pakistan minister invited Sarabjit's sister and her family to the country, and even assured visa for longer period for them. The Pakistan Interior Minister, however, gave no assurance to India on the issue of Kargil martyr Captain Saurabh Kalia. Malik said that he...
11:50 PM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Stoking a potential controversy, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday night alluded to Babri Masjid demolition, equating the incident with the Mumbai terror attack. Malik said nobody wants to see the recurrence of incidents like Bombay blasts, Samjhauta blasts or Babri Masjid issue. "We do not want any 9/11. We do not want any Bombay blasts, we do not want any Samjhauta Express, we do not want...
11:13 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who arrived in India, said he needed more proof to arrest Hafeez Saeed. ...
09:16 PM, Dec 14, 2012
