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Premature to link NY incident to Waziristan: Malik

May 09, 2010 | The News | By Shakeel Anjum

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Saturday said it was premature to link the New York incident to Waziristan. He said only Pakistani agencies will investigate the matter and no foreign team would be allowed to come to Pakistan for this purpose.

The minister was talking to media persons at his residence after his return from China.

Malik said the United States has formally requested cooperation in investigations into the failed bid of terrorist attack at the New York’s Times Square and Pakistan would fully cooperate in this regard.

“We will investigate the reports of Faisal Shahzad’s visit to Waziristan,” he said, adding only Pakistani agencies will investigate the matter and no foreign team would be allowed to come to Pakistan for this purpose.

“It is the prerogative of the Pakistani intelligence agencies to investigate the alleged links of Faisal Shahzad with the Taliban and we would do that investigation in a transparent manner,” the minister said.

He denied the news report carried by a section of the press that an FBI team was in Islamabad to investigate the New York bomber’s links with terrorists in Fata.

Answering a question, he said his visit to China was very successful and Beijing has confirmed $180 million to be given to Pakistan for enhancing the capacity of its law-enforcement agencies.

Malik said China also offered training facilities for the Pakistani law-enforcement agencies personnel and RMB, two million yuan for purchase of police equipment and an agreement was signed with his Chinese counterpart in this regard. He said Sino-Pak friendship has stood the tests of time and in the coming years these relations would further grow and play a key role in regional stability.

May 9, 2010 - Posted by | False Flag Terrorism

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