ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that foreign elements along with traitors within Pakistan are trying to destabalise the country, DawnNews reported.

Speaking to the media outside the parliament, Rehman Malik said that everyone knows where the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is and that by arresting Malik Ishaq, the Punjab government has shown responsibility.

When replying to a question he said that according to intelligence reports he had been getting, he had already warned over the past two weeks, that possible terrorist attacks could take place in the major cities of Pakistan.

He also said that strict action will be taken against terrorists no matter where they are hiding in the country. He further stated that al qaida elements had managed to infiltrate into Pakistan, in the same manner as they have in Syria and Yemen.