Tag: Spy

PCB employs spy agencies to probe cricketers’ assets

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board's integrity committee has asked the three sidelined cricketers to explain the details of their assets.
It has been learnt that the PCB has also held secret investigation to check the details of the players' assets and for the purpose it has also acquired the help of government agencies.
The PCB has asked Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik and Danish Kaneria to submit the details of their assets and also requested the ICC to grant extension in

Spy agencies submit statement to SC on 11 prisoners

ISLAMABAD - Intelligence agencies submitted a written statement before the Supreme Court regarding the 11 prisoners, who had been missing from the Adiyala Jail Rawalpindi since their acquittal on terrorism charges, a private TV channel reported on Friday.
Advocate Raja Muhammad Irshad, counsel for the Inter-Services Intelligence and the Military Intelligence, submitted the statement before the three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,

Russian spy uncovered in British parliament

LONDON: A young Russian woman working for a British lawmaker is facing deportation after security services detained her on suspicion of espionage, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
The paper reported that Katia Zatuliveter, 25, secretly worked for the Russian intelligence as a "sleeper" agent.
She had been working for Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock who sits on parliament's defence select committee which examines defence policy but has no access to secret material.

Missing prisoners not in agencies’ custody – Spy masters say they...

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Anwarul Haq on Wednesday submitted a reply in the Supreme Court Registrar's Office on behalf of chiefs of intelligence agencies, who said they or the agencies they were heading could not be made respondents in constitutional petitions.
The heads of the intelligence agencies also said in the reply that the 11 prisoners who went missing from Adiala Jail were not in their custody, adding that petitions filed by legal heirs of the missing prisoners or

Spy agencies tasked with crackdown on corruption

KARACHI: The Ministry of Interior has launched a grassroots-level crackdown on corruption in all government departments, Pakistan Today learnt on Thursday.
As an initial step in this direction, the county's intelligence agencies, on the directives of Interior Minister Rehman Malik, have started investigations against corrupt officials in over a dozen government departments.
The public departments identified by the Interior Ministry for an inquiry include the Federal Board of

CIA extends spy operations to Swat

ISLAMABAD: Authorities are currently investigating intelligence reports about the presence of CIA-recruited locals in Swat, Buner and other adjoining areas and plan to take up the issue with the Obama administration if the probe proves the reports correct.
Pakistan will launch a strong demand for immediate halt to such unwarranted activities, unless the investigation proves otherwise. Civilian and military leaders were already perturbed by CIA's recruitment drive in North

Rising drone attacks hint at strengthened CIA spy network in Waziristan

PESHAWAR
The almost daily drone attacks in North Waziristan are reflective of the expanded CIA-trained-and-financed human spy network and its infiltration into the Taliban and Al Qaeda militant groups.
Intelligence officials and tribesmen familiar with the developments in South and North Waziristan told Pakistan Today that the number of spies, trained and funded by CIA, has been rising and mysterious movements could be seen across the region.
An intelligence official