Murder of MPA’s wife, daughter a plot against country: Malik
ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (APP): Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Friday apprised the Senate that the murder of wife and daughter of Mir Bakhtiar Domki,member of the Balochistan Assembly (MPA) was a conspiracy against the country.Replying to various points of order, Rehman Malik said that it was not an ordinary incident and the conspirators would not be spared.“Whenever we head towards positive development in Balochistan such things start happening,” he said and added that it was an attempt to disrupt peace in the province.
Rehman Malik said that the government was taking the matter seriously and on the directives of President, a high-level committee was set up under the supervision of Additional Inspector General of Police,comprising intelligence and security agencies officials to probe the incident.
 He said that it was decided that four public representatives,including two MPAs each from Sindh and Balochistan would also be included in the committee.
 Regarding deaths in Punjab due to spurious medicines, the minister said that he had ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate  the matter besides registering FIR within 12 hours.
 He said that three accused had been arrested, who were later set free on the Supreme Court directives. The matter was sub-judice,  he added.
 He said that investigations were in progress and the names of accused had also been also placed on Exit Control List.
 The minister said that such issues could be controlled by setting up Drug Regulatory Authority. Earlier, Punjab had opposed to set up the authority,he added.
 He said that both Punjab and Federal governments were jointly working to thoroughly probe the issue.
 Earlier, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Moula Bakhsh Chandio informed the House that the Prime Minister had approved a summary to provide facilities to former parliamentarians. A notification has also been issued to increase salaries of the parliamentarians, he added.
 Meanwhile, Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh laid first quarterly report for the year 2011-12 of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank on the state of Pakistan’s economy before the House.