Rehman Malik offering Fateha for the police martyrs at Shohdaa Monument in Police Lines Headquarters on the eve of Pakistan Day.-Online photo

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday that terrorists were trying to draw the attention of the world by attacking the capital of Pakistan but they will not succeed.

While addressing a ceremony held for the martyrs of Islamabad police, Malik said that the Islamabad police officials laid their lives in order to protect the civilians and provide them with a peaceful environment.

The interior minister assured that the government was trying its best to facilitate the city police.

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