Rehman Malik: Difference between revisions

| term_start2 = 23 October 1993

| term_end2 = 10 November 1998

| term_start3 = March 2009

| term_end3 = July 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=818&catid=261&subcatid=2&cattitle=Members%20Senate |title=A. Rehman Malik, March 2009 to March 2015 |website=Senate of Pakistan}}</ref>

| term_start4 = March 2015

| predecessor2 = G. Moinuddin

| successor2 = Iftikhar Ahmad Khan

| majority2 = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1951|12|12}}

| death_place = [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]

| birthname = Abdul Rehman Malik

}}

 

 

Prior to his entry in [[Politics of Pakistan|national politics]], Malik had pursued a successful career in the [[Federal Investigation Agency]] (FIA) as a [[special agent]], eventually becoming the Additional Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency in 1993 until 1996. During his stint as Director, he coordinated successful [[Counter-terrorism|counter-terrorist]] operations in the country as well as abroad, including the arrest and extradition of [[Ramzi Yousef|Yousaf Ramzi]] to the United States in 1995. After being removed from the Directorship, Malik moved to the United Kingdom and began political activity through the [[Pakistan Peoples Party|PPP]] platform.

 

==Biography==

 

Controversially, the decision of conferring a PhD to Rehman Malik was criticized by the university's professors.<ref name="Express Tribune, KU">{{cite news|last=Staff|title=KU teachers demand cancellation of Rehman Malik's honorary PhD degree|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/280249/ku-teachers-demand-cancellation-of-rehman-maliks-honorary-phd-degree/|access-date=30 November 2013|newspaper=Express Tribune, KU|date=23 October 2011}}</ref> The media also criticized the university's decision.<ref name=Tex>{{cite news|last=Staff reporters|title=Just what the doctor ordered: Dr Rehman Malik now better equipped to heal ailing Karachi|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/271657/dr-rehman-malik-awarded-doctorate-degree/|access-date=30 November 2013|newspaper=Tex|date=11 October 2011}}</ref> Over this issue, the teachers society of Karachi University passed a unanimous resolution demanding the [[Governor of Sindh]] and the [[Vice Chancellor]] revoke the honorary doctorate degree.<ref>{{cite news|last=Staff|title=KU teachers ask governor to revoke Malik's degree|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/280006/honorific-ku-teachers-ask-governor-to-revoke-maliks-degree/|access-date=30 November 2013|newspaper=The Express Tribune}}</ref><ref name="Express Tribune, Karachi">{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Noman|title=KU teachers and administration still at war over Malik's degree|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/274922/ku-teachers-and-administration-still-at-war-over-maliks-degree/|access-date=30 November 2013|newspaper=Express Tribune, Karachi|date=16 October 2011}}</ref>

On 15 September 2014, angry passengers at a domestic flight forced Rehman from boarding a [[Pakistan International Airlines]] plane, after the plane reportedly waited for over two hours for the former minister.<ref>[http://tribune.com.pk/story/762939/angry-passengers-force-delay-causing-vips-off-islamabad-bound-flight/ Angry passengers force Rehman Malik, Vankwani off Islamabad-bound flight for causing delays]</ref> The passengers refused to let him on board, and a verbal altercation occurred, resulting in the denial of Malik's boarding.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abbas|first1=Nosheen|title=Pakistan Rehman Malik: Passengers force ex-minister off plane|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29218939|date=17 September 2014|access-date=17 September 2014|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Boone|first1=Jon|title=Passenger rage forces Pakistan politician who delayed flight to flee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/16/passenger-rage-pakistan-politician-rehman-malik-delayed-flight|access-date=17 September 2014|work=The Guardian|date=17 September 2014}}</ref>

 

 

==Interior Minister (2008—2013)==

 

==Death==

 

==Books==

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