Pakistan’s spy chief has left on an official trip to the United States, the military said Wednesday, with possible peace talks between Afghanistan and the Afghan Taliban likely to be on the agenda. It is Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar’s first official visit to the U.S. since taking char...
Former ISI chief Faiz Hameed has been arrested by the Pakistan Army in connection with a housing scheme scandal. The army’s public relations office confirmed the arrest, stating that it followed a Supreme Court order to investigate allegations against retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed concerning the Top...
Define ISI. ISI synonyms, ISI pronunciation, ISI translation, English dictionary definition of ISI. Noun 1. ISI - the Pakistan intelligence agency; a powerful and almost autonomous political and military force; has procured nuclear technology and deliver
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has disclosed in the country’s apex court that it had tapped 6,856 telephones across the country in the month of May this year. The information was shared on Wednesday with a three-judge Supreme Court bench, which was hearing a 19...
was now in its “final phase,” adding that it was too early to remove his name from the ECL. It claimed that the book he had co-authored with his Indian counterpart was reviewed from a security perspective and had been found to be against the interests of Pakistan by an inquiry board...
ISLAMABAD: While the PML-Q has requested the poll probe commission to summon the chiefs of ISI and MI as witnesses to produce evidence of rigging in the 2013 elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has reminded the commission of its own statutory obligation to undertake the inquiry and determin...
The memogate scandal erupted after US-based businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleged that he had taken to a top US general a memo sent by the Pakistan government seeking American help to ward off a possible coup attempt. Ijaz subsequently revealed that he had been given the memo by the then ...
Returning now to the Armitage-ISI connection, in May 2001 Armitage and CIA director George Tenet had an unusually long meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan with the head of the ISI, Gen. Mahmoud Ahmad, and with Pakistan's chief executive Gen. Pervez Musharraf. A few weeks later, in mid-July 200...
Ghani Named President-Elect in Afghanistan; Pakistan Appoints New ISI Chief; Standoff at Indo-China Border ContinuesBailey Cahall Neeli ShahJameel KhanForeign Policy
Pakistan's Supreme Court hearing the Asghar Khan petition has directed the Govt to submit a report pertaining to the establishment of the Inter-Services Intelligence's (ISI) political cell. A three-judge bench has been hearing the 1996 petition by Tehrik-i-Istiqlal chief Air Martial (retired)...