Tag: Isi

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...

The memo scourge

A reality one moment, gone the next The memo issue has been debated extensively and exhaustively. The reason it should be debated further is because,...

SC orders ISI to produce missing persons

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to produce all the missing persons believed to be in illegal custody, by...

SC accepts plea against possible removal of COAS, ISI chief

Removing objections raised by the registrar’s office, the Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted for preliminary hearing a petition seeking direction to the government not...

On judicial activism

Too much? The most challenging task in democracy is to balance rights and rightful role on the one hand and obligations and societal good on...

In ISI’s defence

If the law can’t protect us, the spy agency must Pakistan’s influential spy agency is in an uncomfortable spotlight once again, after being asked to...

Rein them in

Out of sight, out of hand? What was once spoken only in whispers or expressed in innuendos is now being discussed openly in the courts...

Courage under fire

Civilian oversight needed The ubiquitous Pakistani intelligence apparatus, particularly the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, is under fire, both from within the country and from our erstwhile...

Will quit politics if ISI funds proved: Imran

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that he will quit politics if it is proven that his party has been funded by the...

Competition for power

Everybody jostles In an interview to a foreign news channel in Davos on January 26, PM Gilani rejected the notion that “democracy was under threat...

Control ISI, arrest Saleem’s killers: HRW

Asking the Pakistani government to take on the military and intelligence services, Human Rights Watch on Monday criticised the ISI and called for redoubling...

ISI, MI admit to deaths of four Adiala prisoners

The counsel for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) directors general conceded before the Supreme Court on Monday that four out of...

Reports of extension for ISI DG false: PM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that reports of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general (DG) being given an extension in order...

SC seeks ISI’s report on law and order in Balochistan

The Supreme Court rejected and expressed dissatisfaction with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Special Branch reports over the worsening law and order situation in...

Petition taken up

Retired Air Marshal Asghar Khan, now aged 91, shall feel pleased that his 15-years old petition is going to be heard by Pakistan’ Supreme...

Not a paisa taken from ISI: MQM

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) clarified on Thursday that the leader of MQM Altaf Hussain had never received a single paisa from the Inter-Services...

Mansoor says he will expose ISI when he testifies

Mansoor Ijaz, the main character of the memogate scandal, said on Thursday that when he testifies in the enquiry about the memo case, he...