Tag: Intelligence
‘Genetic accident’ led to origin of human intelligence
Scientists have discovered the origin of intelligence after identifying a ‘genetic accident’ 500 million years ago when the genes that enabled humans to think...
Misuse of funds: SC issues notices to serving, ex-IB chiefs
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the incumbent and former chiefs of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) over misuse of secret funds during...
Illegal arms trade running unhindered in slums
Intelligence agencies revealed that illegal arms trade is being run through Afghan slums of the metropolitan. They prepared a report on directions of the...
Human intelligence declining?
Is the human species doomed to intellectual decline? Will our intelligence ebb away in centuries to come leaving our descendants incapable of using the...
Evidence of Petraeus’s affair was found by FBI
David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of America’s most decorated four-star generals, resigned on Friday after an FBI...
Iran expands military & intelligence activities in Afghanistan
The Islamic Republic of Iran has increased its military and intelligence influence in Afghanistan besides cultural influence in parts of Afghanistan, through Imam Khumaini...
Intelligence officials recover satellite phone from Dr Shakil Afridi
Intelligence officials have recovered a satellite phone from CIA informant Dr Shakeel Afridi, who helped the US kill Osama bin Laden last year, in...
Former senior Intelligence official kidnapped, guard killed upon resistance in Islamabad
Unknown armed men kidnapped Brigadier Retd. Tahir Masood, a former official of a secret agency and gunned down his guard for offering resistance here...
Pak-Afghan intelligence should have close ties: Hamid Gul
A former Pakistani Army Intelligence – Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) official has called on the Afghan security ministers to maintain a good relationship with...
Syria rebels say intelligence branches next Aleppo target
Rebels in Syria have now set their sights on seizing intelligence branches in the country's commercial capital of Aleppo after taking three police...
Fighting rages as Syria rebels attack key Aleppo targets
Syrian rebels launched attacks early Tuesday on a military court and an air force intelligence headquarters in Aleppo, a watchdog said, as fighting in...
For our own good
The outcome of the proposed meeting between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers in September depends on the weight New Delhi gives to the evidence...
Germany vows shake-up after botched neo-Nazi probe
Germany pledged root-and-branch reform of its security services Tuesday after the domestic intelligence chief resigned over a botched probe of serial killings blamed on...
Under fire, German intelligence service chief steps down
The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has stepped down over blunders made in a probe of 10 murders, mainly of immigrants, blamed on...
Speeding van kills two ISI men
Two junior-grade employees of the country’s top intelligence agency – the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) – and one of their relatives were crashed to death...
‘Plot’ to assassinate Asma Jahangir
The Pakistani government should investigate allegations that elements in the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies have plotted to kill prominent lawyer and human rights...
Delhi’s intelligence faux pas sparks anger in Pakistan
India’s intelligence agency sparked outrage in Pakistan and self-deprecatory jokes at home this week after it listed ordinary Pakistani shopkeepers as dreaded terrorists on...
