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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 […]
Quashing rumors of another extension for Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday appointed Lt General Zaheerul Islam the Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). After serving as the Commander of the V Corps, a key military administrative unit that is based in Karachi, Lieutenant-General Zaheerul Islam will […]
Former DG ISI Asad Durrani declares Habib’s statements as false Asad Durrain, who is a former director general of Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-State Intelligence (ISI) has recently given statements in which he has said that the ex-chief of military intelligence was involved with the funding of a lot of politicians at the time of the […]
Better late than never, is a statement that perfectly suits what former chief of Mehran Bank, Younis Habib, disclosed about former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and ex-army chief Mirza Aslam Beg. In an exclusive interview following his presence in the Supreme Court of Pakistan before a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, […]
While submitting his reply to the Supreme Court in the 1990’s election scandal, former military chief General (Retd) Mirza Aslam Baig on Friday rejected allegations of Younis Habib, the former chief of the bank. A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez […]
Conflicts among state institutions Highhanded promises and claims to motivate emotions are to take the people to a point where the only way forward is rearwards. In order to uphold office without considering how their inability to deliver leads to heightened sense of frustration, this has been exercised by the military and political rulers. Such […]
Younis Habib, the former chief of Mehran Bank on Thursday confessed before the Supreme Court that he distributed Rs400 million among anti-PPP politicians prior to the 1990 elections. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of a 1996 petition moved by Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar […]
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 […]
Ultimately the Supreme Court awakened taking up Asghar Khan’s petition that was pending for last 16 years. Although Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan pressed the media after restoration of independent judiciary, it took years to reopen the case to which powerful intelligence agencies are involved. Finally the matter is being taken up after a drawn-out […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the report submitted by the intelligence agencies in missing prisoners’ case, terming it unsatisfactory and an inadequate. The displeased apex court sent a stern message to Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) saying, “You need to take this out of your mind that you intelligence agencies […]
The Supreme Court directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) to submit a detailed report on the security situation of Balochistan by March 7, expressing concerns over the mounting lawlessness in the province. A three-member bench with Justice Shakirullah Jan in the chair heard two cases, a petition filed by Balochistan High Court […]
US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, the man who architected the memogate controversy, made a much-awaited testimony before the judicial commission constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the matter. His testimony will continue on Thursday at Pakistan’s High Commission in London. On the other, the Memo Commission is reviewing the applications filed by Husain Haqqani’s […]
