<div align="justify">Pakistan's former interior minister Rehman Malik today fell for a April Fool's Day prank when he reacted to a fake news story about naming of Islamabad's new airport after Chinese President Xi Jinping.<br /><br />The Express Tribune early today ran a story as an April Fool's Day prank on its website that the government has decided to name a new airport in the capital after the Chinese leader.<br /><br />Hours later the prank elicited a serious reaction from Malik who expressed 'serious reservations' over it as the airport is named after Benazir Bhutto, the slain leader of Pakistan Peoples Party.<br /><br />He warned the government that his party would take the issue to an 'extreme level' if it tried to the rename the airport.<br /><br />"The government should avoid taking any steps which may hurt the feelings of the public," Malik said in a statement issued to the media.<br /><br />"There is no precedent in the past to rename organisations [or facilities] which are named after national heroes," he said. He also asked the government for a clarification.</div>
<div align="justify">Pakistan's former interior minister Rehman Malik today fell for a April Fool's Day prank when he reacted to a fake news story about naming of Islamabad's new airport after Chinese President Xi Jinping.<br /><br />The Express Tribune early today ran a story as an April Fool's Day prank on its website that the government has decided to name a new airport in the capital after the Chinese leader.<br /><br />Hours later the prank elicited a serious reaction from Malik who expressed 'serious reservations' over it as the airport is named after Benazir Bhutto, the slain leader of Pakistan Peoples Party.<br /><br />He warned the government that his party would take the issue to an 'extreme level' if it tried to the rename the airport.<br /><br />"The government should avoid taking any steps which may hurt the feelings of the public," Malik said in a statement issued to the media.<br /><br />"There is no precedent in the past to rename organisations [or facilities] which are named after national heroes," he said. He also asked the government for a clarification.</div>