Waziristan operation targeted against Baitullah: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the Waziristan operation is targeted against Tehrik e Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and his accomplices. He was talking to media in Islamabad at a local hospital after inquiring after the injured of Rawalpindi suicide blast. Malik said the operation is against the militants and it would continue till the complete elimination of terrorist elements. To a question he said the government had neither indulged into an agreement with any militant group in past nor it has the intention in future. To another question the Interior Minister said that owing to terrorist threats in Punjab he has talked with Chief Minister Punjab so that the Federal government in collaboration with the province could take precautionary measures. He said it was agreed between them that both the Federation and the Province will share information regarding the terrorists to foil their nefarious designs. Earlier, he inquired after the injured of Rawalpindi suicide blast and prayed for their early recovery.