Tag: Isi

Lt Gen Asim Munir front-runner for new ISI chief

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to appoint Lt Gen Asim Munir as the new head of Inter-Services Intelligence who will succeed former...

Former ISI chief Durrani pleads court to remove name from no-fly...

--Says he wants to travel abroad to pursue professional commitments, visit his children   ISLAMABAD: Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lieutenant General (r) Asad Durrani on...

ISI head Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar among others to retire on...

The serving Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar will retire on October 1 after serving the Pakistan Army for 35 years. He had taken...

PM Khan lauds ISI for being first line of defence

--Premier visits ISI HQ, takes eight-hour-long briefing from COAS, spy chief   ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday visited the headquarters of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)...

US cuts military training programmes for Pakistani officers

Trump decides to suspend security assistance to compel Pakistan to crack down on militants US officials 'worried' that decision could undermine key trust-building...

Gen Raheel Sharif took up Saudi job without govt’s permission

--AGP rejects defence secy's statement to SC that former army chief had been granted NOC by Defence Ministry before assuming command of Saudi-led military...

IHC division bench expunges Justice Siddiqui’s ISI remarks from order

Islamabad High Court (IHC) division bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, expunged Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui's remarks regarding the country's top spy...

No institution is prestigious: IHC responds to ISI request

--Justice Aamer Farooq says all institutions are made of people --ISI requests high court to expunge parts of Justice Siddiqui's order in which he asks spy...

CJP wants to know how generals Raheel and Pasha secured foreign...

--Chief Justice Nisar says court will investigate how NoC was granted to former COAS, ex-ISI DG to secure employment abroad soon after retirement --Defence secretary...

ISI requests IHC to expunge Justice Siddiqui’s remarks

ISLAMABAD: The country's top spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), requesting the court to expunge...

Justice Siddiqui in hot water after CJP takes notice on army’s...

Justice Nisar directs PEMRA to produce complete record of IHC judge, says 'judiciary is independent' Army asks SC to initiate 'appropriate process to ascertain...

Legal fraternity divided over Justice Siddiqui’s claim of judiciary-military nexus

--Senior lawyers express concern over IHC judge's harangue against ISI, call for evidence of interference in judicial matters   ISLAMABAD: The unusual and startling remarks by Islamabad...

IHC judge goes ballistic on top spy agency

--Justice Siddiqui accuses ISI of manipulating judicial process, says judicial freedom now in control of 'those with guns' --Says 50% of responsibility of Pakistan's current...

IHC judge accuses spy agencies of meddling in judicial matters

--Justice Siddiqui urges military’s top command to rein in intelligence officials   ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on Wednesday alleged that the...

Nawaz says will return ‘come hell or high water’

Convicted ex-PM says prepared to 'face jail and even gallows' but won't keep silent over 'disrespect of vote' Rejects reports that he plans to...

CJP allows ISI to present security plan for HQs in two...

--Chief Justice Nisar had earlier said that court can't grant more than four weeks to premier spy agency   ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday directed...

ISI is not above the law, says top judge

Apex court directs Pakistan's premier intelligence agency to specify date by which roadblocks outside headquarters will be removed Justice Nisar says IHC acted...