ISI Archive
Frankenstein’s Monster and General Zia-ul-Haq’s jihadis: Frankenstein’s Monster revisited —William B MilamI was struck that the Pakistani government seemed unable to formulate or articulate a public argument for a bill clearly meant to strengthen Pakistan’s democracy and foster the many common goals that should unite
Beware of the unholy nexus of civil and military establishment in Pakistan: A fine mess what, gentlemen By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 Interior Minister Rehman Malik, left, talks to his Iranian counterpart Mostafa Mohammad Najjar during their meeting in
Paanch choohe ghar se nikle karne chale shikar: Thirteen spymasters gather to stare at each other By Azaz Syed Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 ISLAMABAD: It was an unusual dinner hosted by Javed Noor, the chief of the Intelligence Bureau, at a ‘safe house’ of the civilian spy
More evidence of the Nawaz Sharif – Al Qaeda alliance: Pakistan’s Sharif blamed over Bin Laden links Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:50:59 GMT Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leads the second-largest political party in the nuclear-armed country. A former Pakistani intelligence officer alleges that PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif had
US threatens airstrikes in Pakistan: From The Sunday Times September 27, 2009 Christina Lamb in Washington The United States is threatening to launch airstrikes on Mullah Omar and the Taliban leadership in the Pakistani city of Quetta as frustration mounts about the ease with
SOS: Who will save the anti-Taliban Salarzai tribes from the Taliban? – Farhat Taj: The Mullah-Military Alliance seems to be very much alive and thriving in Pakistan. The Taliban and Salarzais Sunday, September 27, 2009 (The News) Farhat TajI was in Pakistan in August and had the opportunity to meet the leaders of
Stop the jihadi and sectarian militancy in Pakistan’s prisons: Militancy in prisonBy Huma Yusuf Sunday, 27 Sep, 2009 (Dawn) IN July, the ISI released a dossier describing the connection between madressahs and militant networks. To illustrate the issue, the dossier presented the case of Fidaullah Yousufzai, a 24-year-old
Critical articles on Pakistan’s nuclear scandal and Dr. A.Q. Khan: The Pakistani scientist who passed nuclear secrets to the world’s rogue states has been muzzled by his government. In a smuggled letter, AQ Khan reveals his side of the story Dr A.Q. Khan with Simon Henderson in 1993 By
Shame on you, Hamid Mir, for fanning anti-Ahmadi sectarianism!: Qadianis should be allowed to preach: Altaf LAHORE: Qadianis (Ahmadis) should be allowed to preach their ideology in Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain told a private TV channel on Tuesday. During an interview, he said
What lesson can Pakistan learn from the way Sri Lanka has dealt with the terrorism of LTTE: General Beg’s mess Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has stated that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, during a recent meeting in Libya, told him that “elements in Sri Lanka could be linked to incidents of terrorism in Pakistan, including
Bridging the civil-military divide in Pakistan – by Talat Masood: Bridging the civil-military divide Monday, September 07, 2009Talat Masood The motive of former ISI and military officers in resurrecting past skeletons on the media still remains a mystery and subject of intense speculation. Although the revelations and counter incriminations
Froma Kharadar to Khajji Ground: A report by BBC Urdu’s Hasan Mujtaba: کھارادر سے کھجی گراؤنڈ تک حسن مجتبٰی بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، نیو یارک سنہ بانوے میں کراچی میں امن و امان کی صورتحال ناگفتہ بہ تھی۔ مئی انیس سو بانوے میں حیدرآباد کے قریب گائوں ٹنڈو بہاول
General Aslam Beg’s Message to Supreme Court: In his letter to Nazir Njai, General Beg admits his implict threat in his message to the Supreme Court of
Pakistan’s Foreign Office: a subsidiary of ISI: BBC Urdu dot com: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has always been a subsidiary of ISI پاکستانی وزارتِ خارجہ: طفیلی ادارہ! بیورو رپورٹ اسلام آباد بے نظیر بھٹو اور نواز شریف نہ صرف بھارت سےبہتر تعلقات بلکہ افغان صورتحال سے بھی
From Minus One to Minus Two Formula in Pakistan: Ali Salman’s analysis points towards the possibility that the anti-democracy establishment (military and civil bureaucracy) in Pakistan may be behind the campaigns to defame President Zardari and Nawaz Sharif. مائنس ون نہیں اب مائنس ٹو علی سلمان بی بی
Qadam barhao Nawaz Sharif: Not only against Musharraf but also against Hamid Gul and Zia: An interesting analysis by Latif Chaudhry. Also watch a video clip of Nawaz Sharif praising General Zia-ul-Haq and contrast that vidoe with his today’s
Are you sleeping Chief Justice Chaudhry? Why is Air Marshal Asghar Khan’s case pending before the SC since 1996?: Govt not to ask SC to take up Asghar’s case: AG Tuesday, September 01, 2009 By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: Attorney-General Sardar Latif Khosa on Monday said the government would not file an application in the Supreme Court, praying for
Only bean-spilling spooks can tell why: The mysterious case of Brigadier Imtiaz – by Zaffar Abbas: ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Brigadier (retd) Imtiaz Ahmed, or others like him who served in the security services over the past three decades, may alone know the real reason for re-igniting the controversies regarding their role in the making and
Editorial: General Beg’s mess: Ex-army chief General Aslam Beg (Retd) gets bogged down in damning facts whenever he tries to fend off criticism of his past misdeeds. In the latest attack launched by an ex-ISI officer Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmad Billa (Retd), his tenure
BB was no security risk: Beg: What an irony! Those who are the biggest threat to the national security of Pakistan (i.e. corrupt Generals of Pakistan Army) are issuing certificates about who was secruity risk and who was not. BB was no security risk: Beg
Brigadier Imtiaz ‘Billa’ causes predictable dissension: War of words and lack of action In the national interest Monday, August 31, 2009Kamal Siddiqi The writer is editor reporting, The News This week was dedicated to political statements and the fact that nothing ever gets done if
There is far more to be lost than gained by any action against Gen Musharraf, says Ayesha Siddiqa.: Capital games By Ayesha Siddiqa Friday, 28 Aug, 2009 The present PPP leadership understands the cost of exposing Musharraf who will certainly be protected by his own institution, a facility that others in this polity do not have. –File
A comprehensive review of the ISI money, Nawaz Sharif, IJI and MQM Pandora Box: PML-N’s losing grace ISI money case to reopen old wounds, hurt many Situationer Saturday, August 29, 2009By Amir Mir LAHORE: Former chief justice of Pakistan Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui’s statement that the Inter Services Intelligence dished out millions of rupees to
PML-N shamelessly eludes direct rejection of taking money from the ISI and avoids seeking apology from the nation.: PML-N not to step back from its ‘principled stand’ despite propaganda: Ahsan Updated at: 2100 PST, Friday, August 28, 2009 LAHORE: Central Information Secretary of Pakistan Muslim Leagu-N Ahsan Iqbal on Friday said that his party will not step
Editorial: Revisiting Mehrangate: hating the PPP: The national media is revisiting Mehrangate, involving bribes paid by the ISI under the then army chief, General Aslam Beg, in 1990 for the creation of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) to foreclose the possibility of the PPP again
A dialogue between Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif on the Minus-One Formula: Minus-one formula The Pakistan report card Thursday, August 27, 2009Fasi Zaka NS is planning on being a Prime Minister for the third time, SS is his little brother who is influenced by the methods of SS. SS is trying
Brigadier Imtiaz’s ‘get Nawaz’ conspiracy?: A recent flurry of interviews to TV channels by ex-ISI operative and ex-IB chief Brigadier (Retd) Imtiaz Ahmad Billa — at his urging — has caused discomfort in a lot of quarters. Brig Billa’s “disclosures” are flying in all
List of politicians and journalists bribed by Pakistan Army (ISI): Here is an affidavit submitted by the ex-chief of Pakistan’s ISI General Asad Durrani to the Supreme Court in 1994. The list exposes many sacred names who were part of the Mullah Military Alliance (Army’s support for the right
Who is Brigadier Imtiaz?: ’سو چوہے کھا کر بلی حج کو چلی‘ حسن مجتبٰی بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، نیویارک جس نے بھی یہ کہاوت کہی کیا خوب کہی تھی کہ ’سو چوہے کھا کر بلی حج کو چلی۔‘ ضیاء الحق سے
Political Islam and Pakistan’s Intelligence Service: By ANDRE GEROLYMATOS Professor at Simon Fraser University and Chair of Hellenic Studies. The crisis in the Middle East has inadvertently overshadowed the greater crisis in South Asia where the conflict between Pakistan and India can easily
Army must not leave innocent people of Swat at the Taliban’s mercy: The following reports by BBC Urdu and Rediff suggest that the ISI is still active in its support of “Good Taliban”. ’طالبان کی پشت پناہی نہ کی جاتی تو ان کا صفایا کر دیتے‘ عبدالحئی کاکڑ بی بی سی
Taliban Leader Umer Khalid Alive And Well in Pakistan: [The Mullah-Military (ISI-Taliban) Alliance Remains Intact?] Monday August 03, 2009 Alex Crawford, Asia correspondent Sky News has obtained exclusive and conclusive proof that one of Pakistan’s most feared Taliban leaders is alive – contradicting government claims that he was
Taliban commanders of Swat: From much sought after to ‘most wanted’ – by Zahid Hussain: The faces of militant commanders for whose capture the government has announced millions of rupees seem all too familiar. Just three weeks before the start of the latest round of military operation in Swat I met most of them
At least 11 per cent of Pakistan’s landmass has been ceded to the Taliban. Where is the Pakistan army? Questions Dr. Farrukh Saleem: Where is the Pakistan army? By Dr. Farrukh Saleem Five thousand square kilometres of Swat are now under Taliban control — de jure. Chitral (14,850 sq km), Dir (5,280 sq km), Shangla (1,586 sq km), Hangu (1,097 sq km),
Malakand Commissioner AKA "Commissioner Taliban" has been transfered !: فضل کریم خٹک نئے مالاکنڈ کمشنر مقرر عبدالحئی کاکڑ صوبہ سرحد کی حکومت نے طالبان کے مبینہ حامی ہونے کے الزامات کی زد میں رہنے والے مالاکنڈ ڈویژن کے کمشنر سید محمد جاوید کے تبادلے کا باقاعدہ نوٹیفیکیشن جاری
Sufi Mohammad doesn’t speak for himself —– He speaks for thousands of barbarians who don’t respect the law !: Some Examples of Talibani Justice !
Mission Buner accomplished ! What’s next ?: A scenic view of beautiful Buner Valley. The above map shows Talibans are only 55 miles away from Islamabad. Buner falls into the hands of Swat Taliban BUNER: Taliban militants from Swat took control of Buner on Tuesday and