Re: Rahman Malik - Continuing Wasi Zafar’s legacy
if i recall correctly rahman malik was benazir’s right hand man, want he?
Rehman Malik pops up as Benazir’s lone confidant
Rehman Malik, former Additional Director General, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), who has popped up as the exclusive principal political adviser to exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is going to clinch a dreamy niche in any future governmental setup in which she has a major share.
“I think Malik will turn out to be another Happy Minwallah or Shahid Hassan,” a senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader sarcastically remarked to The News on condition of anonymity.
Malik singled out as the lone confidant of Bhutto, who accompanied her from London to
Abu Dhabi where she had a crucial meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf to seal a deal.
She had deliberately left behind the entire senior PPP leadership, including even Makhdoom Amin Fahim, gathered in the British capital. She had not even bothered to drop a hint to anyone of them that she was departing London for an offshore decisive political meeting.
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When fearless Maj-Gen (retd) Naseerullah Babar was interior minister, Malik’s knack had highly impressed him and he was involved in all the operations, including those targeting the political rivals of the government that the boss had commanded.
He was instrumental in manhandling by a FIA team of Mian Mohammad Sharif (father of Nawaz Sharif) during his arrest from his Lahore office. At the time, Malik had also clicked the prime minister.
However, his real closeness to Bhutto materialized in London. National Security Council Secretary Tariq Aziz while acting as one of point men of Musharraf in offstage talks with the PPP for a reconciliation that has finally taken place, often talked to Malik, among others, for the purpose. Important messages used to be passed and returned through Malik.