Malik sees foreign hand in Karachi killings
LAHORE, Nov 29 (APP): Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that recent killings in Karachi were not a result of sectarian strife and involvement of a foreign hand could not be ruled out.Talking to the media at Allama Iqbal International Airport here Tuesday,he said foreign elements were attempting to shatter country’s peace through propagation of religious hatred and sectarianism.
To a question, he said the PPP-led democratic government’s action against NATO was in accordance with the sentiments of the people of Pakistan. He added that the federal government had suspended NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Pakistan and also issued notice to US authorities concerned for evacuation of Shamsi airbase in Balochistan within 15 days.
 The interior minister said the international community must realise the fact that Pakistan had suffered a lot in the war on terrorism.
 To another question about former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, he said a difference of opinion was the essence of democracy.  “Political success is always decided through a public vote and holding a gathering of people does not matter,”  he maintained.