News for 'Inter-Services Intelligence'

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.

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.

Ex-ISI official linked to Afghan Taliban killed

Ex-ISI official linked to Afghan Taliban killed

Rediff.com23 Jan 2011

A former Inter-Services Intelligence official with close links to the Afghan Taliban has reportedly been killed nearly ten months after he was kidnapped by militants in Pakistan's restive northwestern tribal belt.

'Headley moved towards ISI after CIA dumped him'

'Headley moved towards ISI after CIA dumped him'

Rediff.com24 Nov 2011

A recent ProPublica investigation termed Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative and 26/11 accused David Coleman Headley as a double agent working for both the American Central Intelligence Agency and the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence.

'ISI helped Mullah Omar get treated in Karachi'

'ISI helped Mullah Omar get treated in Karachi'

Rediff.com19 Jan 2011

Elusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar, one of the world's most wanted terrorists, was treated in a Karachi hospital with the help of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence after he suffered a heart attack, a private intelligence agency has claimed.

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.

Pakistan to defend ISI officials in 26/11 case

Pakistan to defend ISI officials in 26/11 case

Rediff.com31 Dec 2010

Pakistan has decided to contest a lawsuit filed in an United States court implicating its top intelligence officials, including Inter-Services Intelligence Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. "The government of Pakistan has taken a firm decision to strongly contest the suit filed against the ISI, its present and past directors general," the Dawn quoted Pakistan's foreign ministry as saying.

Crores being pumped into India by ISI to finance terror

Crores being pumped into India by ISI to finance terror

Rediff.com1 Apr 2013

In almost every hawala deal, 10 per cent of the amount goes towards terror funding, reports Vicky Nanjappa

Bhutto probe: Pak denies access to top officers

Bhutto probe: Pak denies access to top officers

Rediff.com1 Jan 2010

The United Nations probe into the killing of former premier Benazir Bhutto has hit a roadblock with the Pakistan government denying access to top military officials, including powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The UN inquiry commission headed by Ambassador Heraldo Munoz had submitted a written request some time ago for access to senior military officials, including Kayani, former Inter Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj.

'Indo-Pak dialogue is a charade, There's no trust'

'Indo-Pak dialogue is a charade, There's no trust'

Rediff.com26 Nov 2010

Manifesting the mindset of the Pakistan military and its intelligence arm, the Inter Services Intelligence, Retired General Ehsan Ul Haq, erstwhile chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff committee of Pakistan and former ISI director, has said that the Indo-Pakistan composite dialogue, now in limbo was 'a charade'.

Karnataka Forum for Dignity: Walking the SIMI way?

Karnataka Forum for Dignity: Walking the SIMI way?

Rediff.com2 Sep 2011

The police says that the Karnataka Forum for Dignity is one of the fastest growing outfits in South India with nearly 40,000 members

'Top ISI officers may be behind Kabul attack'

'Top ISI officers may be behind Kabul attack'

Rediff.com1 Aug 2008

American intelligence agencies have for the first time directly linked the suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence and indicated that it might have been authorised by the top officials as those involved in assisting militants were not renegades, a media report said in New York on Friday.

Why US officials are unhappy with the Pakistanis

Why US officials are unhappy with the Pakistanis

Rediff.com3 Oct 2010

Top US officials are unhappy over some Inter-Services Intelligence elements continuing to support the Haqqani network to counter India's presence in the region, amid fears that Pakistani military is "unable or unwilling" to act against Taliban and Al Qaeda in the restive tribal belt.

'ISI fomenting trouble in India's north-east'

'ISI fomenting trouble in India's north-east'

Rediff.com23 Apr 2007

Stratfor says there exists a strong nexus between ISI and Bangladesh's intelligence agencies.

Indian-Americans demand security for Hindus in Canada

Indian-Americans demand security for Hindus in Canada

Rediff.com29 Sep 2023

A group of eminent Indian-Americans has condemned the brazen hateful comments and a hostile environment against Hindus in Canada and asked Ottawa not to mix freedom of expression with freedom for terror and endorse hate crimes by being silent on the issue.

ISI chief denies nexus with Taliban

ISI chief denies nexus with Taliban

Rediff.com2 Oct 2009

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency has categorically denied any links with the Taliban.The Daily Times quoted ISI Director General Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha as saying that the ISI is a professional agency and does not have links with any militant outfit, including the Taliban. Pasha's remarks came during a meeting with Central Intelligence Agency chief Leon Panetta, National Security Adviser Lieutenant General James Jones and other officials.

Are Mumbai blasts linked to Kashmir militancy?

Are Mumbai blasts linked to Kashmir militancy?

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

The serial blasts in Mumbai on Wednesday night were the handiwork of the Inter Services Intelligence which is trying to spread terror in India, believes Girish Chander Saxena, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir and former chief of the Intelligence Bureau. "I have little doubt that the incidents in Mumbai and the one Pulwama in Kashmir, in which three top terrorists including two persons of Pakistan origin and a local militants were killed by security forces, could be linked

Is the ISI recruiting Indians as spies?

Is the ISI recruiting Indians as spies?

Rediff.com29 Jun 2011

It seems like there is a virtual war being fought on our borders. Despite curbs and beefed up security along the border, the Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan continues to gather information on India.

'Militants might strike Delhi before CWG'

'Militants might strike Delhi before CWG'

Rediff.com23 Jul 2010

Pakistan-based Sikh militants, supported by the Inter Services Intelligence, might carry out bomb blasts in New Delhi before the Commonwealth Games, the Punjab police has alerted. An advisory circulated recently among all senior officers in the state by the intelligence department of the Punjab police has pointed out that Sikh militant leaders based in Pakistan are under 'tremendous pressure' from the ISI to carry out sabotage activities in India before the Games.

Pak: ISI abducts scribe for Mehran attack expose

Pak: ISI abducts scribe for Mehran attack expose

Rediff.com31 May 2011

Pakistani senior journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who went missing on Sunday, is in the custody of Inter-Services Intelligence, according to the Human Rights Watch. He invited the wrath of the powerful intelligence agency after he wrote an investigative piece about the recent attack by the Al Qaeda on the PNS Mehran naval base in Karachi.The HRW has learnt through credible sources that Shahzad is in custody of the ISI.

ISI using Bangla border as 'safe passage' to India

ISI using Bangla border as 'safe passage' to India

Rediff.com8 Jul 2010

Pakistan's intelligence aganeyc, the Inter Service Intelligence, has activated its sleeper cells in the North East region to use the Indo-Bangladesh border route as a 'safe passage' to courier its men and materials into different parts of India. This was revealed by the arrested ISI agent, Momin Khan, to his interrogators in Tripura recently.

New ISI chief may use Hamza for anti-India ops

New ISI chief may use Hamza for anti-India ops

Rediff.com12 Mar 2012

Hamza, who started off as a low-level operative with the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, has today become one of India's biggest headaches. He threatens to battle Indian forces not only in the Kashmir Valley, but in other parts of India as well.

US daily will get access to 26/11 sealed documents

US daily will get access to 26/11 sealed documents

Rediff.com25 May 2011

The District court conducting the Mumbai attack trial in the United States on Wednesday ordered that some of the over dozen sealed documents presented in the court as key evidences be made public.

Did Mirwaiz meet ISI chief in Europe?

Did Mirwaiz meet ISI chief in Europe?

Rediff.com22 May 2011

Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq may have had a secret meeting with the head of Pakistan intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha in Europe, although he denies that.

ISI links with Taliban not surprising: Petraeus

ISI links with Taliban not surprising: Petraeus

Rediff.com29 Jun 2010

A top American military commander headed for Afghanistan on Tuesday said he would not be surprised by links between Pakistan's spy agency Inter State Intelligence and Islamist extremist organisations, who have established a safe haven in Pakistan's restive tribal region.

''Rogue' elements within may have helped Osama'

''Rogue' elements within may have helped Osama'

Rediff.com11 May 2011

Calling Pakistani intelligence's failure to detect Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad a "massive slip-up," ex-President Pervez Musharraf has admitted that "rogue" members of the Inter-Services Intelligence and military may have helped the al-Qaeda chief hide in plain sight in the garrison city.

Honey-trapped soldier passes info to ISI agent, held

Honey-trapped soldier passes info to ISI agent, held

Rediff.com6 Nov 2019

He, along with another soldier, was detained on Tuesday over suspicion of espionage, they said.

Mullen's visit may further sever US-Pak ties

Mullen's visit may further sever US-Pak ties

Rediff.com21 Apr 2011

While a section of Pakistani media has termed the visit of Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Pakistan as an effort to revive the complex relations between the two countries, the US official further put Pakistan into trouble when he blamed the latter's intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence for contacts with the Haqqani Network.

Pak President slams army for terror links

Pak President slams army for terror links

Rediff.com19 Apr 2011

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has accused the army, which covertly supports the 2008 Mumbai attacks perpetrator Lashkar-e-Tayiba, of playing a double game in the ongoing war on terror, and an "abundance of evidence backs him up," Bruce Riedel, a former Central Intelligence Agency officer, has said.

How the ISI plans to wage war in India

How the ISI plans to wage war in India

Rediff.com14 Aug 2014

The ISI has 500 terrorists waiting to cross over to India.

Kasab is living proof of Lashkar's role in 26/11

Kasab is living proof of Lashkar's role in 26/11

Rediff.com3 May 2010

'While Kasab was helpful in the investigation of the 26/11 terrorist attack, he was of no use in detecting and neutralising Lashkar's sleeper cells and the Indian Mujahideen.'

Alleged Bali bomber arrested in Pakistan

Alleged Bali bomber arrested in Pakistan

Rediff.com31 Mar 2011

Pakistani intelligence officials have arrested Indonesian Al-Qaeda operative Umar Patek, suspected to be involved in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. Patek, a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, was captured by the Inter-Services Intelligence recently, an unnamed officer of the spy agency told The News.

Suspended diplomat Madhuri Gupta granted bail

Suspended diplomat Madhuri Gupta granted bail

Rediff.com10 Jan 2012

Suspended diplomat Madhuri Gupta, arrested for allegedly passing information to Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence, was on Tuesday granted bail by a Delhi court on the ground that her alleged offences entail a maximum of 3 year jail term while she has already been in jail for over 20 months.

Pak, Taliban in ambiguous relationship: US

Pak, Taliban in "ambiguous" relationship: US

Rediff.com27 Mar 2009

Pakistan's security forces and its intelligence agency have facilitated the rise of the Taliban, with whom they have an "ambiguous" relationship, a former top American army official, now headed to become the country's representative to Afghanistan has said.

Pak terror outfits use new routes for operatives

Pak terror outfits use new routes for operatives

Rediff.com25 Mar 2009

Terror groups in Pakistan are under tremendous pressure to recruit more people, especially Indians, to carry out subversive activities. Intelligence Bureau officials say that the latest directive from the Inter Services Intelligence to terror groups is to recruit more Indian nationals into the outfits. However, terror group have a problem of transporting these men into Pakistan.

Pak: Car bomb attack near ISI office kills 20

Pak: Car bomb attack near ISI office kills 20

Rediff.com8 Mar 2011

A powerful car bomb went off close to an office of the Inter Services Intelligence in the central Pakistani city of Faisalabad on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring nearly 50 others.The blast destroyed a CNG station, at least three buildings and dozens of cars near the intelligence agency's heavily-guarded office in Civil Lines area of Faisalabad.Thirteen bodies were found at the site of the blast, Faisalabad Commissioner Tahir Hussain told the media.

Davis fallout: ISI-CIA ties in jeopardy!

Davis fallout: ISI-CIA ties in jeopardy!

Rediff.com20 Feb 2011

ISI sources have confirmed that Davis, who is currently under detention in Lahore, had links to the CIA, and said that the conduct of the US intelligence agency around the incident has 'virtually thrown the partnership into question'.

ISI helped LeT plan Mumbai terror attack: NYT

ISI helped LeT plan Mumbai terror attack: NYT

Rediff.com8 Dec 2008

Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba had the backing of the Islamic nation's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence, which shared intelligence with Lashkar and provided protection to it in the Mumbai terror attacks, a media report said on Monday.American intelligence and counterterrorism officials were quoted by the New York Times as saying that LeT has quietly gained strength in recent years with the assistance of Pakistan's ISI.

Even after the big arrests, US does not trust ISI

Even after the big arrests, US does not trust ISI

Rediff.com23 Feb 2010

Notwithstanding the recent arrest of high-value Taliban leaders in Pakistan in which the Inter Services Intelligence played a key role, top US Senators and officials have indicated that they continue to remain suspicious about the real intentions of the Pakistani intelligence agency in view of its links to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and other terror outfits.