He asked India to shun the practice of holding Pakistan responsible for terror incidents without concrete evidences. "India held Pakistani national responsible for carrying out Mumbai attacks, but has not proved any link of any of Pakistani so far with the attack," he said, adding, "India will be responsible for whatever terror incident takes place there in future."
He maintained that India alleged Pakistan and its intelligence agencies for being behind Samjhota mayhem, but later Indian nationals were found involved in the incident. He said the statement of Robert Gates in India was an old one, as British Premier had already issued a similar statement some three months back.
Malik said that India had been hostile towards Pakistan despite full co-operation extended from our side, however, such an attitude would not be tolerated in future. Responding to a question regarding fresh recruitment's in BPS-17 in FIA, he said his ministry had no role in it. However, he added, the provincial quota for recruitment's was a totally different issue and was maintained by Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC).
He said killing of three people in Balochistan near Pak-Afghan border reportedly by Afghan forces was being investigated and in case of Afghan forces' involvement the issue would be taken up at government level. Speaking on a point of order, Senator Raza Rabbani said that certain forces were out to sabotage the recent "Aghaz-e-Haqooq Balochistan Package", as they were not willing to see the Baloch people prosper.
He urged Chairman Senate to direct the leader of the house to convey his concerns to the Prime Minister and the government should take stern action against those creating problems in implementation of the package. Rabbani said the degrees of Pakistani medical students studying in Cuban educational institutions were not recognised by the Pakistani authorities. He urged the government to take appropriate steps in this connection.
He said at preset 1,000 Pakistani students were studying in Cuba and it was necessary for the authorities concerned to make legislation for recognising their degrees before the completion of their studies. Lawmakers also raised some other serious issues during the proceedings of the house.
Senator Kalsoom showing grave concern over the poor governance said that the government was even unable to compel the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to repair the parliament lodges, as these were deteriorating with each passing day. She said the officials and contractors of the civic body were paying no attention toward the renovation of the parliament lodges, as many of these lodges were not fit for living. Deputy Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali said that CDA officials were asked to repair the damaged portions of the lodges, but apparently they have ignored the problems of the lawmakers.