Militants do not want elections in Pakistan; says Malik

PakistanMilitants do not want elections in Pakistan; says Malik

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Monday that terror banned outfits do not want holding of general elections in Pakistan, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.

Talking to newsmen in Islamabad on Monday afternoon, the federal minister said that banned outfits are against peace in Karachi and termed FATA, Rahimyar Khan and Miranshah as ‘strongholds of Punjabi Taliban’.

Malik said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif should put aside his personal interest and launch a crackdown on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).

The minister was of the view that the Badami Bagh incident will be seen as the biggest example of bad governance in the history.

DND

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