News for 'Inter Service Intelligence'

Geelani's grandson sacked from govt service for 'aiding terror activities'

Geelani's grandson sacked from govt service for 'aiding terror activities'

Rediff.com17 Oct 2021

With the sacking of the grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, and the teacher, Farooq Ahmed Butt, the total number of employees dismissed in the last six months has gone up to 27.

Pak shared nuclear secrets with Iran, Libya: ISI report

Pak shared nuclear secrets with Iran, Libya: ISI report

Rediff.com25 Sep 2011

Pakistan, which used every "legal and illegal" means to go nuclear, shared its secret atomic technology and equipment with countries like Iran and Libya, says an Inter-Services Intelligence report, based on disgraced scientist A Q Khan's questioning, which was circulated among western intelligence agencies.

Did ISI orchestrate attack on Sarabjit Singh?

Did ISI orchestrate attack on Sarabjit Singh?

Rediff.com29 Apr 2013

Senior officials in the Research and Analysis Wing and the Intelligence Bureau are convinced that the attack on Sarabjit Singh, the Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan, was planned by Pakistani intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence.

'Haqqani network receives protection from ISI'

'Haqqani network receives protection from ISI'

Rediff.com20 Sep 2011

The Haqqani network, which is blamed for the recent attack on American embassy in Kabul, receives protection and support from the Pakistani spy agency Inter Services Intelligence, an influential think-tank has told American lawmakers.

Let us do the dirty job, US drones can watch: Pak offers

Let us do the dirty job, US drones can watch: Pak offers

Rediff.com24 Jul 2012

Islamabad is set to sell to Washington a new formula where it will assure the Barack Obama administration that it will act swiftly on key targets identified by the CIA in the tribal areas. Amir Mir reports

'ISI helped Osama escape US dragnet in Tora Bora'

'ISI helped Osama escape US dragnet in Tora Bora'

Rediff.com13 Sep 2011

Pakistan's military-run Inter-Services Intelligence could have provided protection to slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden for a period of time, suggests the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine.

Why Bajwa did not shift ISI chief

Why Bajwa did not shift ISI chief

Rediff.com8 Sep 2021

Despite persisting questions among peer officers in the army about his professional competence and ethics, after his recent 'triumphal' Kabul sojourn, Faiz Hameed remains the hot favourite of both General Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing.

Punjab: Two 'ISI spies' arrested

Punjab: Two 'ISI spies' arrested

Rediff.com24 Jul 2009

Special Operation cell of Punjab police on Thursday arrested two alleged accused who were working for the Pakistan-based intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence.

Why Pakistan won't prosecute Lashkar chief

Why Pakistan won't prosecute Lashkar chief

Rediff.com22 Sep 2009

India's protests to Pakistan about prosecuting Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Mohammad Saeed are pointless, sources in the Intelligence Bureau, India's domestic intelligence agency, told this reporter on Tuesday.

Yasin Bhatkal's confessions are a pack of lies: Experts

Yasin Bhatkal's confessions are a pack of lies: Experts

Rediff.com27 Feb 2014

Experts believe the 300-page chargesheet on Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal a pack of lies with many believing that he misled the investigators on various occasions.

In Pakistan, the army is firmly in control

In Pakistan, the army is firmly in control

Rediff.com23 Aug 2010

India must carefully weigh its options, says strategic expert Gurmeet Kanwal.

Pak: ISI, army will report to PM, not Musharraf

Pak: ISI, army will report to PM, not Musharraf

Rediff.com7 May 2008

In an effort to consolidate its grip on internal security affairs, the Pakistan government on Tuesday carried out a major revamp of the country's intelligence agencies, transferring the political wing of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence to the civilian Intelligence Bureau. As part of the revamp, carried out by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the intelligence agencies would no longer be required to send secret reports to President Pervez Musharraf.

Mumbai: 'ISI' man gets 5 years RI under OSA

Mumbai: 'ISI' man gets 5 years RI under OSA

Rediff.com26 Jul 2011

In the first conviction under the Official Secrets Act in Maharashtra, a sessions court on Tuesday sentenced a city resident to five years' rigorous imprisonment on charges of possessing sensitive documents purportedly to hand over to Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence.

'Pasha didn't discuss military aid with US'

'Pasha didn't discuss military aid with US'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2011

Inter-Services Intelligence agency chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha visited the United States to discuss intelligence coordination and not the resumption of military aid that was recently suspended by the American administration, the Pakistani military spokesman said on Saturday.

Pakistani Taliban plan to kill jailed Osama informer

Pakistani Taliban plan to kill jailed Osama informer

Rediff.com29 May 2012

The Taliban will either attack Peshawar prison, abduct Dr Shakil Afridi and let their leaders decide his fate, or they will use an inmate in the jail kill the doctor. Amir Mir reports from Islamabad

US should slap sanctions on ISI officials: Riedel

US should slap sanctions on ISI officials: Riedel

Rediff.com6 Jul 2011

"We should tell the Pakistani army leadership that if we learn one of their officers is involved in harboring terrorists, planning terror operations, or tipping terrorist bomb factories off to drone raids, we will make it personal," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA official and now a senior fellow in the Saban Center at the Brookings Institute

LeT-ISI nexus tragetting Indians in Afghanistan

LeT-ISI nexus tragetting Indians in Afghanistan

Rediff.com16 Jun 2010

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.

'ISI should focus on nabbing world's most wanted terrorists'

'ISI should focus on nabbing world's most wanted terrorists'

Rediff.com16 Jun 2011

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence should focus on nabbing some of the world's most wanted terrorists -- Ayman al-Zawahiri, Siraj Haqqani, Major Iqbal, Sajid Mir and Dawood Ibrahim -- hiding in the country, a United States foreign policy magazine has demanded.

Pakistan dismisses report about Major's arrest

Pakistan dismisses report about Major's arrest

Rediff.com15 Jun 2011

Pakistani on Wednesday dismissed as "totally baseless" a United States media report which claimed that an army Major was among five arrested informants who had provided information to the Central Intelligence Agency ahead of the American raid that killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. A spokesman for the Inter Services Intelligence's public relations "strongly refuted" the news report, saying "there is no army officer detained and the story is false and totally baseless."

ISI arrests informants for ratting on bin Laden

ISI arrests informants for ratting on bin Laden

Rediff.com15 Jun 2011

One of the detainees was reported to be a Pakistani army major whom officials said copied licence plates of cars visiting the Al Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad, Islamabad, the New York Times, citing officials, has reported

Ex B'desh spy chief shows ISI links to terrorists

Ex B'desh spy chief shows ISI links to terrorists

Rediff.com15 Jun 2009

A long-suspected nexus between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and insurgent groups active in India's northeast have come to light with detained former Bangladesh intelligence chief confirming Islamabad's spy agency's link to the sensational supply of arms to the United Liberation Front of Asom in 2004.

ISI claims it tipped off CIA about Osama's hideout

ISI claims it tipped off CIA about Osama's hideout

Rediff.com28 Apr 2012

Stung by lingering suspicions that it was complicit in sheltering Osama bin Laden, Pakistan's spy agency has claimed credit for helping United States intelligence agencies locate the high-walled hideout of the terror mastermind in Abbottabad. "The lead and the information actually came from US," a senior official of the Inter-Services Intelligence told Washington Post, in what the paper said was a push for recognition ahead of the anniversary of the stealth raid.

Top US officials on way to Pak to talk terror

Top US officials on way to Pak to talk terror

Rediff.com18 May 2010

Two top United States security officials are traveling to Pakistan on Tuesday to meet the country's civil and military leadership and press for more aggressive action against Al Qaeda-allied groups. Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta and the National Security Advisor General James Jones, who are embarking on a visit to Islamabad, will meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Army Chief General Ashfaq Kiyani.

Closure of ISI's political wing: 'It is impossible'

Closure of ISI's political wing: 'It is impossible'

Rediff.com2 Apr 2012

"I have read about the ISI chief's statement in the media but I don't think the intelligence agency has stopped monitoring the activities of our politicians," a senior leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, who did not want to be named, said.

Osama's widows 'hostile' towards Americans: Report

Osama's widows 'hostile' towards Americans: Report

Rediff.com13 May 2011

United States intelligence officials have reportedly questioned the three "hostile" widows of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan but under the watchful eyes of the Inter-Services Intelligence.

More shame and retribution heading ISI's way

More shame and retribution heading ISI's way

Rediff.com2 May 2011

Vicky Nanjappa predicts embarrasing days ahead for Pakistani intelligence agency ISI in the aftermath of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's killing

ISI's future boss could have STOPPED 26/11, but didn't

ISI's future boss could have STOPPED 26/11, but didn't

Rediff.com10 Mar 2012

Zahir-ul-Islam's appointment as the chief of the intelligence agency was the outcome of a consensus between the political and military leadership of Pakistan, says B Raman

Gilani leaves for Kabul; Taliban issue on agenda

Gilani leaves for Kabul; Taliban issue on agenda

Rediff.com16 Apr 2011

Peace talks with the Taliban, trade and security would be high on the agenda during a meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Did ISI use NATO-trained terrorists to spread NE panic?

Did ISI use NATO-trained terrorists to spread NE panic?

Rediff.com21 Aug 2012

While the Indian government has blamed Pakistan for morphing images and spreading them to create panic among the members of the northeastern community, the other side to this story is quite alarming. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

'Impossible to get access to Dawood in Karachi'

'Impossible to get access to Dawood in Karachi'

Rediff.com2 Apr 2010

Pakistan has stringently denied the fact that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is running his terror operations from Karachi. But terrorists arrested by Indian intelligence agencies have repeatedly admitted that India's most wanted man has taken refuge in Pakistan, with active assistance from the ISI. Ahmed Khwaja, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant in the custody of the Hyderabad police, recently revealed that the fugitive is protected by an impenetrable layer of security.

REVEALED! The truth behind Osama's ISI connection

REVEALED! The truth behind Osama's ISI connection

Rediff.com2 Mar 2012

The May 2 raid was conducted only after the Americans got hold of credible and actionable intelligence about the identity of the high value target from a senior ISI official, ultimately killing the world's most wanted terrorist, reports Amir Mir

Did Musharraf know bin Laden's hiding place?

Did Musharraf know bin Laden's hiding place?

Rediff.com15 Feb 2012

Former president Pervez Musharraf knew that Osama bin Laden was hiding in the garrison town of Abbottabad and the Pakistani intelligence itself had made the safe house that sheltered him, a former Inter-Services Intelligence chief has alleged, according to a media report.

ISI not involved in Mumbai terror attacks; Expert

ISI not involved in Mumbai terror attacks; Expert

Rediff.com17 Dec 2008

'This is something the ISI would have wanted to prevent. There was no direct ISI involvement whatsoever,' claims American national security expert Harlan Ullman, who has close links with the Pakistani government and military.

ISI-CIA talks likely to patch up differences

ISI-CIA talks likely to patch up differences

Rediff.com15 Mar 2011

Pakistan's premier spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence and United States' Central Intelligence Agency are close to resolving their issues, with their behind-the-scene negotiations reportedly making progress.

Pak turns down US request to hand over Baradar

Pak turns down US request to hand over Baradar

Rediff.com25 Feb 2010

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.

Why Raymond Davis got on the wrong side of ISI

Why Raymond Davis got on the wrong side of ISI

Rediff.com15 Mar 2011

American official Raymond Davis, arrested for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore, may have headed a covert Central Intelligence Agency team that was tasked to secretly gather intelligence on the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which the United States feels is getting out of the shadows of the Pakistan army to launch a campaign of jihad against it and Europe.

ISI eavesdrops on British mission

ISI eavesdrops on British mission

Rediff.com24 Mar 2004

ISI recruits 10-year-olds for jihad: IB

ISI recruits 10-year-olds for jihad: IB

Rediff.com16 Jan 2009

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has instructed terror modules in India to begin recruiting boys for the cause of jihad from the time they are 10 years old, claims an Intelligence Bureau report. These groups are called the White Falcons. Intelligence sources told rediff.com that according to the indoctrination process, these boys are not trained in arms, but are gradually conditioned to follow the path of jihad.

When will the ISI get a new boss?

When will the ISI get a new boss?

Rediff.com5 Apr 2021

There were reports of lobbying within the Pakistan army for the ISI DG's post, which falls vacant in June, reveals Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.

ISI sponsors fake currency racket in India

ISI sponsors fake currency racket in India

Rediff.com6 Jan 2009

Intelligence agencies have traced the origins of the fake currency that is being used to fund terror activities in India. IB officials have specific information that fake Indian currency is being printed in Karachi, Quetta and Lahore, under the patronage of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.IB officials have already warned the Centre about fake currency making inroads into the Indian economy through Nepal and Bangladesh.