Tag: Isi
SC moved to put Pasha on ECL
Supreme Court on Tuesday was moved to put the name of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha on exit control list.
The...
Baloch Homeland Quagmire
Washington DC, London, Paris, Berlin and Beijing have apparently been the focus of global political upheaval. The decision, taken and activities initiated at these...
Sharifs hit back: Claim Habib is Zardari’s ‘man’
PML-N Senator Parvez Rashid on Monday said the party had no link whatsoever with the Mehran Bank scam and the court verdict would prove...
Pak-US ties likely to improve with ISI change
The appointment of a new director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence will create a possible opening for improved US-Pakistan relations after 15 months of...
Analyst claims new ISI chief’s link with Shah Rukh Khan
Pakistan’s new ISI chief, Lt Gen Zaheer-ul-Islam, is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a tenuous...
Testing judicial mettle
Can the court rein in the spooks?
Every once in a while, during the course of a nation’s journey of self-discovery, a clear and present...
Lt Gen Zaheer Islam is the new spymaster
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday appointed Lt General Zaheerul Islam the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (DG-ISI), quashing rumours of another...
Hasina accuses Khaleda Zia of receiving ISI money
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused opposition leader Khaleda Zia, chief of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), of receiving money from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence...
LHC asked to hammer ‘ISI-backed’ politicians
A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Thursday requesting the declaration of the political wing of Inter service intelligence (ISI) as...
Why I hate Imran
For that, ladies and gentlemen, you have to do some soul searching
I hate Imran Khan. I love the ISI. I love dictators. I hate...
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 in the doghouse
Transgression should not go unchecked
The SC is fed up with unending transgressions on the part of the agencies. On Thursday, the apex court referred...
‘Those who sold their souls to ISI in the 1990 polls’
According to an affidavit submitted with the Supreme Court by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) former director general Lt Gen (r) Asad Durrani in 1996, he...
Memogate and the state of the State
According to Mansoor Ijaz, he got the unsigned memo delivered to Adm Mike Mullen as asked for by Ambassador Husain Haqqani on behalf of...
Hearing of Asghar case adjourned till March 8
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry on Wednesday said notices will be issued to all the parties including Asad Durrani, stressing the...
SC petition seeks elimination of ISI’s ‘political wing’
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday to seek the abolition of the “political wing” of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) by...
Disturbing disclosure
Is the commission hearing this?
The revelation by a leaked email of a US-based intelligence firm that mid to senior level officials in the ISI...