Interior Minister Rehman Malik. —File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Friday apprised the Senate that the murder of wife and daughter of Mir Bakhtiar Domki, member of the Balochistan Assembly was a conspiracy against the country.

Replying to various points of order, Malik said it was not an ordinary incident and the conspirators would not be spared.

“Whenever we head towards positive development in Balochistan such things start happening,” he said and added that it was an attempt to disrupt peace in the province.

Malik said the government was taking the matter seriously and on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, a high-level committee was set up under the supervision of Additional Inspector General of Police, comprising intelligence and security agencies officials to probe the incident.

He said that it was decided that four public representatives, including two MPAs each from Sindh and Balochistan would also be included in the committee.

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