Gilani directs authorities to appoint Rehman Malik as PM's advisor

Jun 06, 2012 |

Islamabad

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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday directed authorities to appoint Rehman Malik as an advisor to the premier so that he could continue heading the Interior Ministry.

Interestingly, this has happened a day after Pakistan's Supreme Court suspended Rehman Malik's membership of parliament on the grounds of dual nationality.

Gilani instructed the Cabinet Division to appoint Malik as an advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs. The Cabinet Division’s notification stated that Malik had held the post of advisor in 2008 before he was elected to the Senate or upper house of parliament the following year.

A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Monday issued an interim order that suspended Malik’s membership of the Senate. The bench passed the order after he was unable to produce a declaration issued by the UK Border Agency regarding the renunciation of his British citizenship.

The apex court asked Malik to prove by the next hearing on June 13 that he was not a British citizen when he contested polls to the Senate in 2009.

If he is unable to do so, the court will take further action against him, the order said.

Earlier in the day, Malik did not attend office and removed the national flag from his residence and official vehicle.

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