ABBOTTABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Sunday said the nation should hold those accountable who had implicated President Zardari in false cases.
He reiterated the PPP-led government’s resolve to eliminate the militants, saying efforts against terrorism were yielding results.
Addressing as the chief guest at the PPP women workers convention of Hazara division at the Jalal Baba Auditorium on Sunday, Rehman Malik asked the party workers, especially women, to play their due rule in strengthening the government. He asked them to fulfil the commitments made by Benazir Bhutto for the empowerment of women.
He said he had set a target to make the Nadra passport and immigration offices free of corruption and the move initiated by him would be completed at all costs. He said those involved in corruption would be punished.
The federal minister announced the establishment of the Women Police Academy at Abbottabad, which will be affiliated with the Federal Women Police Academy, Islamabad. He also announced a separate office of Nadra for women at Abbottabad. Rehman Malik directed the commissioner and DIG Hazara to give due care to the workers of the PPP and to give them priority in issuance of the Watan Cards.
Earlier, adviser to the prime minister and PPP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa women wing provincial president Asma Arbab Alamgir highlighted the problems and difficulties of the PPP women workers. She also advised the workers to prepare for the next local government elections. PPP MPA Naeema Nisar, who is also the divisional president of the PPP women wing, thanked the interior minister for visiting Abbottabad and encouraging the workers.
Later, Asma Alamgir visited the press club, addressed journalists and announced donation of Rs100,000 for the club. She was accompanied by MPA Naeema Nisar and other office-bearers of PPP Hazara women wing.
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