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Islamabad Oct 14: Pakistan Minister for Interior Rehman MalikRehman Malik Wednesday demanded the international community for pressuring India to stop intervention in Afghanistan and Pakistan to ensure establishment of peace in the region. “India is increasing its intervention in Pakistan through Afghanistan. Pakistan-Afghanistan border must be sealed and international community must help stop Indian intervention,” he said while talking to the newsmen at Parliament House. In my speech at Interpol, I had informed the international community that ammunition supply to terrorist elements is coming from Afghanistan where Indian intervention is increasing with every passing day as conspiracy to destabilize Pakistan. He said Pakistan has always been termed as close ally but it is inevitable that international players play their role to end Indian intervention for positive results. “We gained nothing from playing close-ally role in war on terror. After Afghanistan-Russian war, we received millions of Afghan refugees still staying in the country. After 9/11, we got suicide attacks in our country,” he said and added that we had been calling for early repatriation of these refuges. He said one should think a while as why only Pakistan is suffering during the prevailing situation in the region and the security situation would persist until the Indian intervention is stopped in Pakistan. The interior minister categorically rejected the apprehensions from West alleging the presence of Taliban leadership in Pakistan and described such statements as baseless. “Today, I categorically reject the statement that Taliban leadership including Osama Bin Laden and Mullah Omer are present in our area. Talks about Quetta Shura are totally baseless,” he clarified. Regarding the decision to launch operation in South Waziristan, the interior minister said it would be finalized after return of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani from foreign visit and taking all stakeholders into confidence. “Neither the timing of the operation has been finalized nor has the duty been assigned to anyone for operation in South Waziristan,” said the interior minister. He said security forces operation in Swat and Malakand was successfully completed as it has the backing of the people and the political leadership as the government took along all the political leaders including those of Tehrik-e Insaf and Jamat-e Islami. Rehman Malik said the probe into terrorist attack at GHQ, Rawalpindi is underway and the investigation report would be made public after it has been finalized. He said the army has its own investigation set up and other agencies too, are involved in probing into the GHQ attack and added the capital police also worked shoulder to shoulder with the Army in this whole episode. He said the Pakistan’s security as well as integrity is linked with the Pakistan Army and one should not try creating hatred among the institutions. “No one should create hatred among institutions. This was not only the attack on GHQ, rather the whole country, the people,” said Rehman Malik. *** This Message Has Been Sent Using BlackBerry Internet Service from Mobilink ***