India bent on disintegrating Pak: Malik

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik alleged, on Monday, that India was among "anti-Pakistan forces" that are bent on "disintegrating" the country.

Speaking in the Senate or upper house of parliament, Malik claimed the "anti-Pakistan forces" were using the southwestern Balochistan province as a "soft target" to disintegrate the country. "Yes, India is involved in disintegrating Pakistan. They are after our independence. I know who was lifted from where and trained where and in what act he was involved on coming back (to Pakistan)," he alleged.

Malik called on political forces to work together to counter the threats facing Pakistan. "Let us sit together and see what good we can do for our country," he added. He said Pakistan had raised the matter of foreign forces working against the country with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during his recent visit to Islamabad.

Over the past few months, Malik has often accused India of fomenting unrest in Balochistan and the tribal belt in northwest Pakistan. However, the Pakistan government is yet to provide any evidence to back up these allegations.