Rehman Malik

رحمان ملک 

Senator A. Rehman Malik (Urdu: رحمان ملک ) (born 12 December 1951) is a Pakistani politician, a member of the Senate of Pakistan, and the current Interior Minister of Pakistan under Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani's administration. He was upgraded to the latter position from Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs and Narcotics Control after he was elected to the Senate of Pakistan. He took the oath as the federal minister on 27 April 2009. He has been the interior adviser since 27 March 2008.

Malik is a former FIA officer who rose to head the Federal Investigation Agency 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.

Early life

He was born in shetan kee godd

Federal Investigation Agency career

Rehman Malik began his career as an immigration officer and became the top-man in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the mid 90’s. During 26 years of active service as an officer of the FIA, he has held the post of Additional Director General of the FIA besides heading various regional offices of the department such as Crime Zone Peshawar, Immigration, Interpol and National Security Cell. He has been associated with anti-terrorism and anti-money launching operations of the FIA which have earned him recognition by the international law enforcement community. He was bestowed with the 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, 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 the Ghulam Asghar, head of FIA, suspended on non specified corruption charges, and Rehman Malik, Additional Director General of FIA, was also arrested.

Ullo ka patha

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto there were many accusation against Rehman Malik for lax security and his absence.

However, he was brought into the limelight for his past service to Asif Ali Zardari and PPP, and was made an adviser on interior affairs and narcotics control to the PPP Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, with the status of Federal Minister. He was later upgraded as Interior Minister of Pakistan. He is the most controversial person regarding Bhutto's assassination.

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