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Attack on Malala was planned in Afghanistan: Malik

Dunya News

Rehman Malik has said attack on Malala Yousufzai was planned in Afghanistan.

Talking to media after inquiring about the health of Malala’s schoolmate Kainat at Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital in Swat, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that foreign hand was involved in attack on Malala as planning of the attack was prepared in Afghanistan.He said Pakistan many on many occasion protested with Afghan President Hamid Karzai against terrorists’ infiltration from Afghanistan.Malik said people like Taliban spokesman Ehsan Ullah Ehsan were brutes. He said a bounty of Rs 100 million has been announced for helping law enforcement agencies to arrest Ehsan.The interior minister said that the information was received that Fazalullah was going to replace Hakimullah Mehsood.Meanwhile, Rehman Malik said that no decision has been taken for any operation in North Waziristan.