Pasha denies any plans of military coup after Osama’s death The former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has recently given statements in which he said that the military of Pakistan was not planning any coup after the death of Osama bin Laden by the United States. It had been indicated in the memo gate scandal […]
Apr 6 2012 | Posted in
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Apparently former president Pervez Musharraf is not quite charmed by incumbent Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. It was quite a shift from the days of reflective pride, when he used to say he was sure he had given the command of the army to an able and professional man. Indeed, the […]
Former president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf offered his support to DG Inter-Services Intelligence Lt. Gen. Shuja Ahmed Pasha for another extension, refusing to offer any insights into the situation surrounding the situation of General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. The former dictator exhibited calmness just days after a request for the Red Warrant for his arrest […]
Opposition leader in the National Assembly (NA) and senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that it would be considered as a deal with the government if the Pakistan People’s Party-led government extends the contract of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt General Ahmad Shuja Pasha for a […]
The commission resumed the cross-examination of memo author Mansoor Ijaz Friday through vide link from Pakistan High Commission in London. Nawaz Sharif’s Counsel Mustafa Ramdey and lawyer of MNA Andul Qadir Bloch and Sana Ullah Zehri, Sallauddin Mengal, asked questions from Ijaz. Responding the queries, the memo architect repeated the same story about his communication […]
Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the Memogate scandal, Friday claimed President Asif Ali Zardari gave approval to Abbottabad operation that led to the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the U.S. Navy Seals on May 02, 2011. “President Zardari gave approval to the U.S. Special Forces action,” Mansoor Ijaz said as he spoke […]
The U.S. businessman also surprised the commission saying that he has authentic intelligence documents, which also carried the conversation between pilots of the American helicopters and officials of Pakistan Air Traffic control. “This conversation contained minute-by-minute details of the conversation between the pilots of the helicopters and the air traffic controllers from the time of […]
Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the infamous memogate scandal, claimed on Thursday that he had helped former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani by delivering his message to the then U.S. military chief because he had information about the possibility of a military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden. During the […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected the impression that the incumbent was considering giving extension to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general (DG), Ahmed Shuja Pasha, in order to normalize civil-military relations. While speaking to the media after his return from World Economic Forum, he observed, “It’s disinformation that meetings with the military brass […]
Ebb of high-profile political drama A high-profile political drama has been concluded without any solid conclusion, giving a deep breath to masses. However, uncertainty will remain in terms of what will happen in future on political fronts. The chaos that gripped across the world indicates one thing that the writers of the ISPR press note, […]
Asma Jehangir and Supreme Court The Judicial Commission constituted on Supreme Court’s verdict in the memogate case has made an unsavory beginning. Two key characters in the gruesome episode of that shook the national politics; ISI Director Lt. Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani were conspicuous by their absence […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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Azam Swati requests Supreme Court to put Asif Ali Zardari’s name on ECL The politics in Pakistan witness unique type of experiences in every changing day. In a recent move, the former JUI-F senator, Azam Swati, filed a petition with the Supreme Court, demanding a travel ban for President Asif Ali Zardari. Swati filed the […]