Islamabad, Jan. 22 : Pakistan Interior Advisor Rehman Malik has said that the rise in extremist activities in the tribal regions of the country was due to the help being offered to the extremists groups from some foreign countries.

He said that foreign hands were patronising terrorists in the Swat valley, and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Addressing a seminar on Pakistan's current political and economic condition here, Malik said: "Terrorism is a cancer, not only for Pakistan but the entire world."

Islamabad, Jan 21: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government did not direct Interior Adviser Rehman Malik to convey the Pakistan People's Party's viewpoint to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif.

Talking to reporters on Tuesday, Gilani said Malik might have met Sharif for official reasons.

"The adviser did not meet Sharif for political reasons," The Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

To a question about the newly-inducted United States administration, Gilani hoped that President Barack Obama would review the polices of the previous US regime

"Like Pakistanis, Americans voted for change, therefore, change is expected", he said.

Naudero, Dec. 27 : Pakistan's Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik has said that the government would not withdraw the army from the FATA and Swat regions and the military operation would continue.

Malik also said that the locals of these regions were co-operating with the security forces, the Daily Times reported.

He also added that all the political and religious parties were united in defending the nation.

Malik hinted that the presence of some trouble making elements who didn''t want peace in the region was behind the present tension between India and Pakistan.

Prime Minister's Adviser on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik said that Pakistan is not accepting the plea for the consular assistance made by Ajmal Amir Kasab, the terrorist arrested during the Mumbai terror strikes.

During the function on Wednesday, at the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) headquarters, he said, "There is no question of consular access unless it is proved that Ajmal Kasab is a Pakistan national."

Islamabad, Dec 22: Pakistan's Interior Adviser Rehman Malik has promised that the government will arrest former president Pervez Musharraf for killing Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti.

Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Talal Bugti after meeting President Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that the government would frame a case against Musharraf for killing both Akbar Bugti and Benazir Bhutto.

The former president is also responsible for the killings during the Lal Masjid operation and the May 12 riots in Karachi, he added.

Talal, who is Akbar Bugti's son, said his party had lodged an FIR with the police against Musharraf for killing his father, but added that a case had not been registered so far.

Islamabad, Dec.