Malik was an Interior Minister during the penultimate times in the history of the country . In a research analysis printed in '' Dawn '' newspaper , his stint as Interior Minister was criticized over the issues of target killings in Sindh and the security aftermath of the Afghanistan war . Interior Minister Malik has offered a $ 1 million bounty for the capture of Ehsanullah Ehsan ( Isanullah Isan ) , the Pakistani Taliban spokesman who had attempted to try and justify the shocking October 2012 attempted assassination ( and further threats on the life ) of the 14-year-old Pakistani female blogger Malala Yousafzai ( Yousafzai ) , a native of the Mingora region of the Swat Valley who had campaigned for the human and educational rights of girls and women in Pakistan and beyond , to international acclaim . The Taliban claimed to have acted not because of her work for education , but mainly because she was a Western spy who had broken Sharia law by opposing the mujahedeen – now used as a term for the Taliban and related militant groups – in their ' war ' against the West ; Malala is being treated in England for her injuries , and the Taliban 's sources of motivation are disputed
penultimate times
List of terrorist incidents in Pakistan since 2001
Rehman Malik