Tag: Intelligence

PM rejects claims Pak sheltered OBL

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has insisted that Pakistan had not been "complicit" in sheltering Osama bin Laden and said the fact the...

Intelligence says it warned of Bannu jail attack

Intelligence services warned the government three months ago about a possible attack on a prison in the restive northwest that was raided at the...

Intelligence agencies warn of bloodshed in Karachi ahead of elections

A report compiled by secret agencies over the current wave of target killings and arson in Karachi, point fingers at certain political parties leaders,...

Pakistanis rank 4th on global intelligence survey

Pakistanis have been ranked the fourth most intelligent people across the world in a globally-held survey. “Pakistanis are equal to the people of developed...

Panetta wanted parallel intelligence body in Pakistan

Former CIA head and current US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, had wanted to establish a parallel spy body inside Pakistan hidden from ISI, a...

Panetta wanted parallel intelligence body in Pakistan

Former CIA head and current US Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, had wanted to establish a parallel spy body inside Pakistan hidden from ISI, a...

Resetting roles

Agencies have long held monopoly over patriotism Better late than never. The intelligence agencies have been finally put in the dock. The Supreme Court has...

ISI forced to show detainees in court

Seven men allegedly held by feared intelligence services on Monday appeared in court, an unprecedented development following orders from the country's highest court. The case...

Norway security chief quits over Pakistan agents row

Internal security chief of Norway Janne Kristiansen resigned late on Wednesday after revelation of confidential information that the country had intelligence agents in Pakistan,...

China banking on Pakistan for India intelligence: report

The Indian media on Wednesday claimed that there was a tie-up between Chinese and Pakistani agencies to share intelligence on India. “There is mounting...

Radical Islamists main threat to Norway: intelligence

Radical Islamists pose the biggest threat to Norway even though it was a rightwing extremist who carried out the twin attacks there last July...

Gunmen attack Yemen intelligence officials, kill 1

Unidentified gunmen killed a Yemeni intelligence official and wounded seven others in an attack on their mini-bus in the southern port city of Aden,...

Know your enemy

The first essential in war on terrorism Knowing your enemy in a war is winning the war. Sun Tzu said it centuries ago but an...

CIA spy arrested: Iran intelligence

Tehran has arrested an alleged US Central Intelligence Agency spy of Iranian origin before he could complete his mission of infiltrating the intelligence ministry,...

Pakistan stops sharing intel with US

In the wake of Saturday’s NATO/ISAF air strikes on two Pakistani border posts that killed 24 troops and wounded another 15, the intelligence-sharing, which...

Gen Kayani pushes US on intelligence sharing

Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday asked the US military to share intelligence information on terrorist hideouts so that the Pakistan Army...

US wants Pakistani intelligence help in Afghan talks: NYT

A month after accusing the premier Pakistani intelligence agency of supporting the Haqqani network, the United States is trying to secure the help of...