Exposing Pakistan Navy's link to the Al Qaeda cost journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad his life. But sources say there's more to it than what meet the eye. Shahzad next expose was on ISI men who were linked the Osama bin Laden, which left the spy agency with no choice but the eliminate him, says senior analyst B Raman.
The Pakistan government has announced that a Supreme Court judge will probe the killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who was abducted and killed shortly after he wrote an article about the alleged infiltration of the Pakistan Navy by the Al Qaeda.
Pakistan on Friday reacted strongly to United States military Chief Admiral Mike Mullen's comments that it had "sanctioned" the killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, describing his remarks as "extremely irresponsible".
An initial probe into the murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has concluded that allegations against the Inter-Services Intelligence on his abduction and killing are of a 'general nature' and based on a 'perceived sequence of events' that allegedly culminated in his death.
The Pakistani commission investigating the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad on Thursday summoned 16 reporters to appear before it on July 9 to record their statements.
The inquiry commission probing the murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad on Tuesday informed that his laptop computer, mobile phone and email records were missing.
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.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence had chalked out a "low-profile routine proxy operation" in India through the Lashkar-e-Tayiba but the plan was "hijacked" and turned into Mumbai attacks by an ex-Pakistan army major and terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri's men with Al Qaeda's blessings, according to a book written by slain journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad.
Pakistanis on Wednesday reacted with revulsion and anger to the "silencing" of investigative journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, whose body was found days after he went missing in the wake of authoring a report that alleged al-Qaeda had infiltrated the Pakistan Navy.
Journalists in Pakistan have been permitted to carry small fire arms for self-defence said Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday. The announcement comes in the wake of the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad.
Journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, slain two days after he filed a report alleging the possible infiltration of the Pakistan Navy by Al Qaeda, had spoken to close friends about relocating abroad with his family after receiving several threats in recent months.
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.
Reacting sharply to Inter Services Intelligence's denial of involvement in the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, a leading Pakistani newspaper publisher has claimed that the reporter had received death threats from the spy agency on at least three occasions.
A prominent Pakistani journalist who went missing over the weekend, was found dead in Punjab province on Tuesday and his body bore marks of torture, police said.
The Pakistani judicial commission that probed the abduction and murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has not held any institution or individual responsible for the crime, according to media reports on Wednesday.
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.
Pakistani and foreign journalists on Thursday staged a token walkout of the weekly news briefing at the Foreign Office here to protest the killing of Asia Times Online bureau chief Syed Saleem Shahzad, whose body was found in Punjab province a day after he was reported missing.
Shahzad, the Pakistan bureau chief of Asia Times Online, went missing last evening after he had left his house in Islamabad to participate in a television programme.
Pakistan's premier intelligence agency -- Inter Services Intelligence -- continues to face the ire of national and international human rights and media rights groups as the Judicial Commission investigating the May 2011 assassination of a senior Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has recommend that the ISI must deflate its larger-than-life image, focus on its mandated job and evolve a transparent policy in its relationship with the media. Amir Mir reports.
The call record of slain Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad's cellular phone has been erased, a media report said on Tuesday. The call log of the 18 days before his abduction and murder has been wiped out from the system, said the report.
A Pakistani police team investigating the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has detained a man whose mobile SIM card was allegedly used for communicating with the slain reporter.
The abduction and the subsequent murder of noted Pakistani journalist, Syed Saleem Shahzad might have been approved by the Pakistan government, a top United States military leader said on Friday.
The Inter-Services Intelligence should probe allegations of its involvement in the abduction and killing of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad and stop interfering in affairs of the civilian administration, a noted columnist said on Wednesday in an open letter to the chief of the Pakistani spy agency.
Ilyas Kashmiri's death comes as a relief to security agencies across the world, especially India since he was obsessed with undertaking attacks on the Indian soil. His latest operation -- Ghazb-e-Hind aimed at unleashing a wave of destruction in India.
Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad has been reported missing from Islamabad days after authoring an article in which he contended that Al Qaeda attacked the naval airbase in Karachi on May 22 after failed talks with the navy to release personnel detained on suspicion of having link to the terror outfit failed.
'Just this week, the Indians killed a Kashmiri terrorist, who is a member of Hizbul Mujahideen.' 'This is a nasty terrorist organisation, and did Pakistan welcome this killing?' 'No, in fact, they denounced it and referred to him as a Kashmiri separatist.' 'These Kashmiri terrorist groups have been aided by the Pakistani State.'
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