Tag: ISI
SJC rejects Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s application
News Analysis | Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, the most senior Judge of Islamabad High Court (IHC), found himself in troubled waters on Monday when the...
Interior ministry puts ex-spymaster Durrani’s name on Exit Control List
News Analysis | The interior ministry on Tuesday placed the name of embattled former director general (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani, on Exit Control...
Pakistan military says ex-spy chief will not be allowed to leave...
AFP | Pakistan's military Monday took the unprecedented step of preventing a former spy chief from leaving the country, after he ignited a storm by...
Asghar Khan case: The ugly truth about Pakistani politics
News Analysis | The former Army Chief General (r), Mirza Aslam Beg and Former Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen (r) Asad...
NSC meeting concluded without any strong statements
News Analysis | The National Security Council (NSC) meeting held today on the suggestion of the Pakistan Armed Forces concluded by declaring Nawaz Sharif’s statement...
The Game-Changers
Ikram Sehgal | With US President Trump scrapping the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions, the possibility of conflict in the region has increased dramatically....
Dr Shakil Afridi’s release might be a fresh contention between Pak-US...
News Analysis | A Central Investigation Agency (CIA) attempt to rescue Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, who had helped US authorities track down al-Qaeda founder, Osama...
Faizabad Dharna Discredits Army
News Analysis | The sit-in staged by scores of religious groups in September last year, in the Faizabad area of Islamabad, is denting the credibility...
Supreme Court lashes out agencies for not presenting fresh report on...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard a suo motu case regarding the use of abusive language during the sit-in and the difficulties...
PM Abbasi met King Salman in Dammam, discussed regional security
News Analysis | Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi left for Saudi Arabia on Monday to witness the closing ceremony of Joint Gulf Shield-1...
Is Khadim Hussain Rizvi preparing for General Elections?
News Analysis | Khadim Hussain Rizvi, chief of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), has threatened to hold nationwide protests if the governments fails to implement what had...
India claims it has arrested an ISI spy
News Analysis | An Indian national by the name Ravi Kumar supposedly working as a Pakistani secret agent has been arrested. The news agency Press...
US is sole superpower due to Pakistan’s positive role in the...
News Analysis | Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor acknowledged the reality of US being a superpower and their role in...
MQM: Existential Crisis or Cross Roads into the Unknown?
Dr. Moeed Prizada | MQM-Pakistan’s lackluster performance in the Senate Elections of March 3, 2018, has sent shock waves across Pakistani politics. Dr. Farogh Naseem,...
Why Hussain Haqqani is considered a traitor by Pakistanis?
News Analysis | A treason case has been registered against Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani. Mr. Haqqabi has allegedly conspired against...
Civil-military relations in historical perspective
Asif Haroon Raja | In his ten year rule, Field Marshal Ayub Khan achieved phenomenal all round results mainly because he had kept the politicians...
Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South...
Adnan Qaiser | CDA Institute Research Associate Adnan Qaiser, with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy, reviews Myra MacDonald’s book on...
NAB chairman expresses his firm belief in universal accountability
News Analysis | National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday reiterated his firm resolve in universal accountability and vowed to bring...
SC grants protective bail to Rao Anwar under conditions
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Tuesday granted protective bail to the accused in the Naqeebullah murder case, former SSP Rao...
India’s bid to isolate Pakistan
Asif Haroon Raja | After the false flag operation in Mumbai on November 26th, 2008, India blamed Pakistan, ISI and Hafiz Saeed led...
Kulbhushan pops up as India-Pakistan spar at the UN
News Analysis | At a high-level Security Council meeting, Pakistan has raised the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the RAW officer apprehended by Pakistan on its...
Remembering Air Marshal Asghar Khan
News Desk | Air Marshal retired Asghar Khan passed away on Friday in Islamabad at the age of 96 after a long illness. His funeral...
Multiple blasts at Shia cultural centre in Kabul kill 40
AFP | At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple blasts at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials...
How Pakistan & Saudi Arabia had defeated Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan
News Desk | GVS: In our part of the world you are still remembered as the person who headed Saudi Intelligence for 24 long years....
COAS wants good relations with India but “it takes two to...
News Analysis | In a major gesture, Pakistan army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa reportedly said the military was ready to back the political leadership's initiative...
Supreme Court questions the role of media and intelligence agencies in...
News Analysis- The Supreme Court has questioned the alleged role of Intelligence agencies and media in the Faizabad sit-in. Today, a two-member bench of the...
America’s Waterloo: ‘Scapegoating’ Pakistan for Failures in Afghanistan
Adnan Qaiser | French statesman, Georges Clemenceau had notably observed, “War is too important to be left to the generals.” Since no general ever happily...
Terrorists apprehended from Balochistan are signs of progress
News Analysis | The Frontier Corps (FC) have apprehended two terrorists belonging to banned organisations during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in parts of Balochistan, the...
Pakistan’s Jihadist cauldron: From national asset to national millstone
Adnan Qaiser | National interests of states are often blind-and brutal, yet they call for some rationality considering our interlinked global destinies in the 21st...
Hamid Mir booked in kidnapping case
On Saturday, Police registered a case against senior journalist and prominent TV anchor Hamid Mir on kidnapping charges. The case has been registered after the...
Nawaz rubbishes speculations about him seeking ‘NRO’
News Analysis | Disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has rubbished speculations about his seeking some ‘NRO’ from the establishment and said he was opposed to...
India’s dirty war inside Pakistan – Part II
Asif Haroon Raja | In the last 15 years, India has been able to make successes against Pakistan:- It succeeded in maligning the image of Pakistan...
Why Delhi needs to be cautious in ties with Washington?
Suhasini Haidar | In an ambitious statement ahead of his visit to India this week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson set the course for India-U.S....
Will Trump’s praise for Pakistan improve ties?
M K Bhadrakumar | The Pakistani elites have shown once again that they can beat their Indian counterparts hands down in sucking up to the...
Terror’s political links: Alleged Intelligence Bureau report unleashes a new storm
News Analysis | 37 parliamentarians staged a walkout from the National Assembly yesterday after Intelligence Bureau (IB) report accused them of having links with terrorist organizations....
James Mattis warns Pakistan; ‘Do more’ or face consequences
M K Bhadrakumar | In the chronicle of India-Pakistan relations, seldom – if ever – would political rhetoric have descended to the gutter level as...