Gilani wants sacked Malik as advisor

June 06, 2012 02:08

Days after Pakistan's Supreme Court suspended Rehman Malik's membership of parliament on the grounds of dual nationality, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed authorities to appoint him an advisor to the premier so that he could continue heading the Interior Ministry.

Gilani instructed the cabinet division to appoint Malik as an advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs.

The cabinet divisions 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 Thursday issued an interim order that suspended Maliks 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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