Former Inter-Services Intelligence director general, Lt Gen (r) Ahmed Shuja Pasha, launched a salvo of allegations against anyone he could when he appeared before the commission probing into the US’ Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May 2011.
The former spymaster slammed Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf for bowing down to the Americans, the political leadership for ignorance, indifference and its lack of a reading culture, security and intelligence agencies for not performing diligently and journalists being routinely and easily bribed with money, women and alcohol for launching smear campaigns against the country’s premier spy agency.
He said Musharraf caved in to the US so promptly that Shamsi airbase was given to them for drone strikes against people in Pakistan.
He said the Abbottabad incident was a result of lack of capacity, inadequate knowledge and wrong attitude.
Lt Gen (r) Pasha admitted before the commission that the ISI had brutalised many, even ‘decent people’, but said the ISI mindset, culture and methodology were changing.
He also hurled a warning, saying there were people who continued criticising the ISI against national interests, and that they should fear the ISI.
Pasha told the commission that former PM Gilani’s statement about a “state within state” and asking who had given visa to Osama bin Laden had angered the army beyond imagination.
He said the Defence Ministry never sent a request for information sharing.
Lt Gen (r) Pasha claimed that no one, including the defence minister, read policy documents on defence and there was no culture of reading among the political leadership.
“A thinking process does not exist, hence there is no formulation of any policy,” he had divulged.
The former spy chief also made a rare admission of enforced disappearances notwithstanding the fact ‘it (the ISI) had no legal authority’ and sought detention powers for the agency.
He further disclosed that the US had pressurised Pakistan through Saudi Arabia for the release of Dr Shakil Afridi, but was denied.
He also admitted links with the fearsome Haqqani network, which the general said was a brain child of the ISI and CIA and created after the Soviet invasion.
Besides Pakistan, other countries like UK and Italy were also in touch with them, he disclosed.
The former ISI DG said the CIA had infiltrated several foreign NGOs, including Save the Children, which had “a history of involvement with the CIA” and concluded there were very few NGOs that could be termed totally “clean”.
Pasha said the CIA director had personally requested not to expose Save the Children’s role in its activities in Pakistan.
He rejected the idea of putting ISI under civilian control, saying an earlier attempt to bring it under the Interior Ministry was disastrous.
Explaining the indifference of provinces on intelligence sharing, Pasha blasted Sindh and Punjab. He said the ISI knew foreign miscreants lived in Karachi’s no-go areas, but police dared not venture there.
Pasha said the Lahore police protected those who attacked the Qadianis in 2010 and even directed them to the hospital where the wounded were being treated.
“No guards were assigned to the hospital for security despite the information passed on by ISI as venal political influence intervened everywhere,” the general had said.
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We were told that his brief is missing from the 'leaked report' …
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Now the 'spin jockeys'/'sensational journalists' are active …
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well it is easy to find out if his statement is there or not …just visit Al-azeera website the whole report is there in Pdf file. ( his statement is there )
When people like you will embrace the truth instead of accusing others including journalists.
Did anyone resign due to this episode of foreign troops invading and killing Pakistanis deep into its territory? Not a single person. kiayani, if he was a honorable man, would have been the first to offer resignation.
there is no morality left in us to expect anyone to resign on any ground / issue that may happen under their watch….it is not in our culture or this word " resign " exist is our dictionary….never happened in our 60 plus history, so why should it happen now……resigination by top heads happens in countries who has moral values….this is the reason for decay of our social fabric……
No Innocent Paks were killed
If they perpetrate forced disappearances without any legal authority, as admitted by General Pasha,then ISI is truly a state within a state. Why then should this have angered the army "beyond imagination"?
The worst thing about the enforced disappearances is that they are not admitted. The family does not know where their loved ones are or whether they are dead or alive. How can you put an end to terrorism if Pakistani citizens are being treated so arbitrarily without any respect for their citizenship rights?
ASAF ALI SHAH
In 2007,Benazir Bhutto said that Osama Bin Laden is dead since 2001.
She was immediately killed after that by Illuminati / Dajjal-e-Gorow (Gang of Dajjal/Antichrist).
why this furore. Bin laden was a devil. allah sent americans to withdraw God's bad creation. there ends the matter
Pasha is great because his mission against Karachi terrorist
I don't trust this report.
we should trust on this report because this is Argy-Bargy News,
dunno wot to bleive while Russian ex president stated that OBL waz died of kidney failure in 2006 and buried certain amount at Pak Afghan border. Than and now wen CIA found out OBL chechan body guard Mohammed Sami was abducted and he lead CIA to OBL grave they dug Ladin’s body out !!! Now CIA technically creat a drama to show to the world and tax payer are paying tax for nothing.then abottabad drama was the result of Zardari CIA conspired in Dubai tht how to make world a fool . And still no one dare to expose Zardari’s over flowing Swiss accounts !!
Why the report is ot available from other source tha Al-Jazeera. Pak Govt. should give awnser.
We need to understand that there is no morality for protecting national interests. Look at CIA operations all over the world, even involving murders and Indian Intelligence operations like " Samjota Express" and attack on Indian Parliament conducted to melign ISI . Unfortunately ISI is judged on morality but not the CIA, RAW and Mosad.
I think general Pasha should be commended for being so out spoken without any fear. We all know what happened to the Governer of Punjab when he spoke for the minorities, and against the blasphamy law in Pakistan. M He gave his life for the rights of the minorities. May Allah rest his soul in peace, Amin
I am sadiq afridi pakistani young boy .my innocent family members is killed terrism pray.10 my inocent family members is killed and 4 is wounded very hard.their brain position is destoryed because their young boys and childrens and elders is killed.now you give me and my innocent family members UK visas and air tickets without investigation and inter veiw.
if tour anwer is yes then i am sadiq afridi young and my innocent family members passport collects and sent to your ambassay and give me and my family members give in your country on your governoment side visas and air tickets and houses .visas give 3or 5 year /i am wait dear sir you help me and my innocent family members on money side on my goveroment side i am wait
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