Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday revealed that the country’s police have foiled a plot to attack Parliament during a presidential address.
“I commend the Islamabad police, they have foiled a plot to attack the Parliament during President’s address to the joint session,” Rehman Malik told reporters.
“Police has arrested a suspect and an official of the Finance Ministry involved in the plot.”
Notably, President Asif Ali Zardari addressed the joint sitting of the federal Parliament on March 17 amid tight security.
Islamist militants have killed over 4,900 people across Pakistan since government troops raided a mosque in Islamabad in July 2007.