Intelligence agencies have gathered pin-pointed information about the locations of the camps, exact strength of each of the camp and which camp is in operation under direct supervision of which formation of Pakistan Army
Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza is the Pakistan army's new chief of general staff, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
An explosion occurred outside a temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India, when a motorcycle-borne person threw an explosive device towards it, damaging a portion of its wall and shattering window panes. While no one was hurt in the incident, the explosion caused panic among residents. The incident has sparked concern about law and order in the state and led to accusations against the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. The police are investigating the incident and have collected samples from the site to identify the material used in the explosion.
If Imran Khan delays his assent to General Bajwa's recommendations any further, it could imply he is taking stock of possible serious dissent within Pakistan's top army echelons, says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
United States officials say they have intelligence that Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence ordered the killing of a Pakistani journalist who had written scathing reports about Islamist militants having infiltrated into the country's military.
A recently leaked intelligence report states that Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi is being protected by Pakistan Army commandos.
Even though the Taliban has managed to capture Afghanistan and form a government, an internal rift between the faction has started emerging, according to media reports.
A Pakistani court has disposed off a contempt of court petition filed against the Inter-Services Services chief and other senior officials by four civilian employees after the spy agency informed the judge that it had taken action to regularise their contractual employment.
Top Taliban leader Mullah Omar was sheltered by Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services intelligence after the outfit's leadership fled from Afghanistan in 2001, according to an email received by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her tenure.
Ayesha Bano, who was detained at Mangalore airport on Tuesday morning, allegedly ran a hawala racket to sponsor terror strikes in India. Ayesha, also known as 'Pakistan Boss', is a married woman with three children.
A staffer associated with the military intelligence unit has been caught in a joint operation by the army and directorate of revenue intelligence officials for allegedly stealing and trying to pass on classified information to Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence.
The press briefing seemed a deliberate decision to let the army convey its angst to Imran directly, observes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
The Pakistani military on Friday dismissed as 'unfounded and baseless' allegations linking its spy agency Inter Services Intelligence to the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad and said the murder should be thoroughly probed by a commission.
Pakistan military on Wednesday dismissed as 'fabricated' reports that Pakistani-American David Headley, who confessed to plotting Mumbai attacks, had named three army and Inter Services Intelligence officials for their involvement in the 26/11 strikes, claiming that it was an attempt to malign security agencies.
In a bid to bring Pakistan's powerful Inter Services Intelligence under civilian control, the Senate has recommended an effective role of Parliament in monitoring it while giving the spy agency power to arrest and detain.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations has reacted sharply to a United States media report suggesting that a militant group with ties to the Inter Services Intelligence could have functioned as Osama bin Laden's support network in Pakistan. "Pakistan and its security agencies have suffered the most at the hands of Al Qaeda and have delivered the most against the terror outfit; our actions on the ground speak louder than the words of the New York Times," an official said.
PM Modi should also be summoned for inviting ISI to Pathankot, demands Mann.
The Centre on Tuesday said there is no link between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and Muslim youth, who were victims of Muzaffarnagar riots, but agreed with Delhi police's statement that two suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba operatives had met two persons in the area.
An influential American daily on Thursday claimed that there are signs that slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was being protected by some elements of the Pakistan's notorious spy agency Inter Service Intelligence.
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said that country's intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence trains Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish militants and terror attacks in India will not stop until New Delhi addresses the "core" issue of Kashmir.
The arrest of Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal may have been a shot in the arm for investigating agencies, but they are finding that he is a tough nut to crack, says Vicky Nanjappa.
Former Central Investigative Agency deputy director John McLaughlin, a 32-year veteran of the agency who has studied the Lashkar-e-Tayiba extensively, believes that while the "Pakistani intelligence was instrumental in helping to create the LeT in the outset, these days it's not at all clear that the Pakistani intelligence has any direct control over this group."He said he was skeptical that even rogue elements in the Inter Services Intelligence today held any sway.
A judicial commission probing the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has questioned senior officers of Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence and the Intelligence Bureau. Commission's secretary Taimour Azmat, who is also the federal information secretary, told the media that senior officers of the ISI and IB were questioned on Tuesday during a session lasting five hours. The commission ordered them to file written replies.
Clifton, Block No 4, opposite Cafe Flow, Karachi. 6/A, Khyaban Tanzeem, Phase V, Defence Housing Area, Karachi. House 29, Street 22, P-6/2, Margalla Road, Islamabad. These are the three addresses Indian intelligence agencies have for Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted gangster.
The FIR pointed out that the accused persons booked by the Central agency were instructed to hurl hand grenades at public gatherings and processions in order to create communal tension.
The success of Al Qaeda chierf Osama bin Laden in evading detection and arrest by the Pakistani security agencies for nearly six years since 2005 when he lived in a house near the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad was the result of a comprehensive intelligence failure by all agencies responsible for the collection of intelligence inside Pakistan and not the result of a failure by the Inter-Services Intelligence ISI alone.
After the November 26 attacks on Mumbai brought the Lashkar-e-Taiyba's India-based modules under the Indian intelligence and law enforcement agencies's special scrutiny, the Lashkar has changed its game plan.
A special team of Nepal Police arrested Samshul Hoda along with three others from Tribhuvan International Airport.
The confession of two suspects throws light on the role of Pakistan's spy agency in the Karnataka terror plot and how the youths were indoctrinated by Zakir Ustaad, the mastermind of the operation. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Khan, in the same breath, praised the Army, saying "Pakistan needs the Armed forces more than Imran Khan."
Pakistan's Federal Investigation has formed a committee to probe the distribution of Rs 140 million among politicians by the Inter-Services Intelligence for rigging the 1990 general election.
In what clearly showcases Pakistan's wicked face, several Afghan and international intelligence officials and diplomats stationed in Kabul have confirmed that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, with the help of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence, has expanded its anti-India operations into Afghanistan and set up training camps, adding new volatility to the relationship between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Till now, the ISI, the premier external counter-intelligence outfit, was working under the Defence Ministry but Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani relocated the agency by placing it under the Interior Ministry, headed by his adviser Rehman Malik, The News daily said.
The Pakistan government has turned down United States' request to hand over the Taliban's second-in command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was recently captured in Karachi.Pakistan has already made it clear that it would only hand over Baradar to Afghanistan if Kabul requests it to do so.Mullah Baradar is regarded as second only to Mullah Mohammad Omar, Taliban's supreme commander in Afghanistan.
A colonel in the Pakistan's spy agency -- the Inter-Services Intelligence -- had provided vital help to the Central Investigation Agency in tracing Osama bin Laden, a new book has claimed.
The IB said they have informed all those involved in investigating cases pertaining to terror not to take such news seriously and go about their investigation in a routine manner.
How Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa deals with the ensuing reshuffle of lieutenant generals would be interesting to watch, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari plans to not only disband the political wing of the spy agency but also make it accountable to his country's parliament, reports Amir Mir
'Pakistan's only concern has been while they were on the FATF watch list was to distance their State institutions and organs from any direct connection with the actual execution of militancy inside Kashmir.'
Union Minister of State for Home Mullapally Ramachandran told rediff.com on Monday that there were certain individuals and organisations in the state, which were facilitating the activities of the ISI and said that the Union government would take stringent action against them.
