ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday said he himself was on top of the hit list of banned outfit "Tehrik-e-Taliban" while Sherry Rehman and Fauzia Wahab follow him in their list. "I am at number one, Sherry is at number two and Fauzia Wahab is at number three. Next time you may not find me here," he said while winding up debate in National Assembly on assassination of Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti. He called for forging unity to protect the future of the coming generations and achieving lasting peace and prosperity in the country. "Security and foreign policy are the two issues on which we need to be united than anything else. If you would not join hands today, you would have Taliban and extremists here," he said. The Minister categorically mentioned that he never said Shahbaz Bhatti was responsible for his own assassination, however, the slain minister should have availed the security he was being provided by the government. He said "there wasn't security lapse on behalf of the government or the police. If the investigation teams find any security lapse I would resign from the Ministry, he added.
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