ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said he will resign if it is proved that US-based security firm Blackwater was operating inside Pakistan.

In his statement to the senate standing committee on interior, Malik said Blackwater was not operating in Pakistan and if proven wrong he would tender his resignation.

While talking about the Dr Aafia case, Malik said the government was looking at two options: either she will be transferred to Pakistan after her sentence, or her trial will be shifted to Pakistan.

He also said time has come to repatriate Afghan refugees and if those living illegally do not leave of their own volition, they will face prosecution. — DawnNews