Arrest report 'propaganda: Malik

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday branded as propaganda reports that the top Taliban military commander had been arrested in a joint Pakistani-US spy operation. Speaking to reporters outside parliament in Islamabad, the outspoken cabinet minister stopped short of either confirming or denying the media reports. We are verifying all those we have arrested. If there is any big target, I will show the nation, Malik said. If the New York Times gives information, it is not a divine truth, it can be wrong. We have joint intelligence sharing and no joint investigation, nor joint raids, Malik added. We are a sovereign state and hence will not allow anybody to come and do any operation. And we will not allow that. So this (report) is propaganda, he added.

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