Rehman Malik
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27 April 2009 He has been the interior adviser since 27 March 2008.Senator A. Rehman Malik (born 12 December 1951) is a Pakistan
i politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan
, and the current Interior Minister of Pakistan under the Prime Minister
Yousuf Raza Gilani administration. His Second name is Shetan Malik and he is a very Fool man of Pakistan. He was upgraded to latter position from Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs and Narcotics Control after he was elected in the Senate of Pakistan
. He took the oath as the federal minister on 27 April 2009.
Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Prime Minister
Benazir Bhutto
's second tenure. He later joined the Pakistan Peoples Party
and was the trusted lieutenant and chief security officer (CSO) of Benazir Bhutto.
office. All the recruiting agents knew him then. He became the top-man in the Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) in the mid 1990s. During 26 years of active service as an officer of FIA, he has held the post of Additional Director General of FIA besides heading various regional offices of the department such as Crime Zone Peshawar, Immigration, Interpol and National Security Cell. He had been associated with anti-terrorism and anti-money launching operations of FIA which have earned for him recognition by the international law enforcement community. He was bestowed with Sitara-e-Shujaat in 1995.
Benazir Bhutto
appointed Rehman Malik as the additional director-general of the FIA which then launched a secret war against the Islamist
elements in Pakistan, which amounted to a direct attack on the Inter-Services Intelligence
(ISI). The Pakistani military was equally dismayed by reports of FIA contacts with the Israeli secret service, the Mossad
, to investigate Islamist terrorists. The FIA leadership under Bhutto also angered Taliban supporters within the establishment
, because they allowed the extradition of Ramzi Yousef
to the US for trial on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
.
One of the first acts of President
Leghari
after dismissing Benazir Bhutto on 5 November 1996 was to imprison Ghulam Asghar, head of FIA, suspended on non specified corruption charges, and Rehman Malik, Additional Director General of FIA, was also arrested.
In 2011 Karachi University awarded the Honery degree of PHD
an "act of retaliation" because of the 200-page report, which he had sent to then President Rafiq Tarar
, disclosing large-scale corruption of Sharif family. Rehman Malik then fled to London
and made corruption accusation against the Sharif brothers.
With the dismissal of the government of the PPP, Rehman Malik left the country and settled in the United Kingdom where he started his business and became a business tycoon. He assisted Benazir Bhutto
during her exile, and he was the chief of the security of Bhutto when she returned home in 2007.
Rehman Malik emerged as the deal broker in Benazir-Musharraf
reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi
in July 2007, and replaced Makhdoom Amin Fahim as the most trusted political lieutenant of Benazir Bhutto. Fahim was Benazir's aide since 2002, when he formed the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians
and acted as the leader of PPP in the absence of Benazir and her husband Asif Ali Zardari
. It was also reported in The News that after Rehman Malik took over the role of top "adviser and broker" of Benazir on important matters ranging from politics to business, Fahim seemed to have become an "obsolete political commodity."
, with the status of Federal Minister
. He was later upgraded as Interior Minister of Pakistan.
.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan
Senate of Pakistan
The Senate of Pakistan is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. Elections are held every three years for one half of the senate and each senator has a term of six years...
, and the current Interior Minister of Pakistan under the Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
Yousuf Raza Gilani administration. His Second name is Shetan Malik and he is a very Fool man of Pakistan. He was upgraded to latter position from Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs and Narcotics Control after he was elected in the Senate of Pakistan
Senate of Pakistan
The Senate of Pakistan is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. Elections are held every three years for one half of the senate and each senator has a term of six years...
. He took the oath as the federal minister on 27 April 2009.
Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency
Federal Investigation Agency
The Federal Investigation Agency is an agency of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Interior, that serves as a federal criminal investigative body with one of the Directorate dealing as Pakistani body of Interpol. It has a wide role in anti-terrorism, anti-fascism, anti-corruption, human smuggling...
(FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
's second tenure. He later joined the Pakistan Peoples Party
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...
and was the trusted lieutenant and chief security officer (CSO) of Benazir Bhutto.
Federal Investigation Agency career
Dr.Rehman Malik was born in Dalowali Sialkot. He began his career as an immigration officer and protector of immigrants in the RawalpindiRawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
office. All the recruiting agents knew him then. He became the top-man in the Federal Investigation Agency
Federal Investigation Agency
The Federal Investigation Agency is an agency of Pakistan, under the Ministry of Interior, that serves as a federal criminal investigative body with one of the Directorate dealing as Pakistani body of Interpol. It has a wide role in anti-terrorism, anti-fascism, anti-corruption, human smuggling...
(FIA) in the mid 1990s. During 26 years of active service as an officer of FIA, he has held the post of Additional Director General of FIA besides heading various regional offices of the department such as Crime Zone Peshawar, Immigration, Interpol and National Security Cell. He had been associated with anti-terrorism and anti-money launching operations of FIA which have earned for him recognition by the international law enforcement community. He was bestowed with Sitara-e-Shujaat in 1995.
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
appointed Rehman Malik as the additional director-general of the FIA which then launched a secret war against the Islamist
Islamism
Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...
elements in Pakistan, which amounted to a direct attack on the Inter-Services Intelligence
Inter-Services Intelligence
The Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence , is Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, responsible for providing critical national security intelligence assessment to the Government of Pakistan...
(ISI). The Pakistani military was equally dismayed by reports of FIA contacts with the Israeli secret service, the Mossad
Mossad
The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....
, to investigate Islamist terrorists. The FIA leadership under Bhutto also angered Taliban supporters within the establishment
Establishment (Pakistan)
The Establishment is a term used commonly by Pakistani political scientists and also by political scholars and analysts around the world for the powerful military-dominant oligarchy in Pakistan...
, because they allowed the extradition of Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef
Ramzi Yousef was one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot. In 1995, he was arrested at a guest house in Islamabad, by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence and United States Diplomatic Security Service, then extradited to the...
to the US for trial on the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,336 lb urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to knock the North Tower into the South Tower , bringing...
.
One of the first acts of President
President of Pakistan
The President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...
Leghari
Leghari
The Leghari , or Laghari) are a Baloch tribe living in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. The Leghari Baloch primarily speak the Seraiki, Sindhi, and Balochi language, and are largely Sunni Muslims....
after dismissing Benazir Bhutto on 5 November 1996 was to imprison Ghulam Asghar, head of FIA, suspended on non specified corruption charges, and Rehman Malik, Additional Director General of FIA, was also arrested.
In 2011 Karachi University awarded the Honery degree of PHD
Removal from FIA and exile
In November 1998, Rehman Malik termed the termination of his service by Prime Minister Nawaz SharifNawaz Sharif
Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani conservative politician and steel magnate who served as 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999...
an "act of retaliation" because of the 200-page report, which he had sent to then President Rafiq Tarar
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Judge Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was the ninth President of Pakistan from January 1, 1998 until June 20, 2001 and before that Supreme Court of Pakistan judge and Chief Justice of Lahore High Court....
, disclosing large-scale corruption of Sharif family. Rehman Malik then fled to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and made corruption accusation against the Sharif brothers.
With the dismissal of the government of the PPP, Rehman Malik left the country and settled in the United Kingdom where he started his business and became a business tycoon. He assisted Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....
during her exile, and he was the chief of the security of Bhutto when she returned home in 2007.
Rehman Malik emerged as the deal broker in Benazir-Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
reconciliation talks in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
in July 2007, and replaced Makhdoom Amin Fahim as the most trusted political lieutenant of Benazir Bhutto. Fahim was Benazir's aide since 2002, when he formed the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians
Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians is a party created by Ameen Faheem. The party is an electoral extension of the Pakistan Peoples Party....
and acted as the leader of PPP in the absence of Benazir and her husband Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....
. It was also reported in The News that after Rehman Malik took over the role of top "adviser and broker" of Benazir on important matters ranging from politics to business, Fahim seemed to have become an "obsolete political commodity."
Appointment as Interior Minister
He was made an adviser on interior affairs and narcotics control to the PPP Prime Minister Yousaf Raza GillaniYousaf Raza Gillani
Yousuf Raza Gilani is the current prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League , Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008...
, with the status of Federal Minister
Cabinet of Pakistan
The Cabinet of Pakistan is headed by Prime Minister and plays an important role in the Government of Pakistan, in accordance with the Westminster System....
. He was later upgraded as Interior Minister of Pakistan.
National Reconciliation Ordinance
In 2007 three alleged case of corruption against Malik were dropped under the amnesty of the National Reconciliation OrdinanceNational Reconciliation Ordinance
The National Reconciliation Ordinance was a controversial ordinance issued by the former President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, on October 5, 2007...
.