This he said while talking to media during visit to the mausoleum of Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Rehman Malik said the country is facing different challenges and efforts are being made to cope with these challenges.

He said the violence in Karachi is being carried out through a plan and the anti-state elements want to de-stabilize the country.

There is a need to change the mindset and efforts are being made in this regard, he added.

He appreciated the role of law enforcement agencies to eliminate the terrorism and extremism from the country.

Earlier, the Interior Minister visited the Mazar-e-Quaid to pay homage to the Founder of Pakistan on his 136th birth anniversary.

Rehman Malik also laid the floral wreath and offered fateha and marked impressions in the visitors'book.