... the late legitimate president of Afghanistan...
The premier's office says Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
... Pakistain's erstwhile current prime minister, whose occasional feats of mental gymnastics can be awe-inspiring ...
left for the visit on Thursday, accompanied by several senior Pak officials, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men.
Rabbani was killed by a jacket wallah on Tuesday who tricked the former Afghan leader into allowing him into his home by saying he had an important peace offer from the Taliban.
Rabbani was the head of the Afghan High Peace Council, which was tasked with cultivating peace negotiations with the Taliban.