The method in madness Ameera Javeria
The geostrategic significance of both India and Pakistan, the shared past and a bloody partition makes them bitter rivals. Almost as early as independence, both countries maneuvered and fed into the engines of war-their militaries and intelligence organisations. Today, these competing neighbours have amassed one of the largest and sophisticated war machines to counter impending threats by the other, promising large-scale annihilation of life in the region.
Intelligence organisations not only aid in periods of war and peace by providing information which is used to counter the enemy. India and Pakistan considerably invested in their intelligence units, which mushroomed into a deft network, operating at home and abroad. Today, the world sees ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) and its 20-year younger counterpart RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), as one the most advanced agencies with ISI as a trailblazer.
Daily Times
HarperCollins, 2018
May 8, 2021
The geostrategic significance of both India and Pakistan, the shared past and a bloody partition makes them bitter rivals. Almost as early as the independence, both countries maneuvered and fed into the engines of war their militaries and intelligence organisations. Today, these competing neighbours have amassed one of the largest and sophisticated war machines to counter impending threats by the other, promising large-scale annihilation of life in the region.
Intelligence organisations not only aid in periods of war and peace by providing information which is used to counter the enemy. India and Pakistan considerably invested in their intelligence units, which mushroomed into a deft network, operating at home and abroad. Today, the world sees ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) and its 20-year younger counterpart RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), as one the most advanced agencies with ISI as a trailblazer.
Gen Durrani says action against him based on unsubstantiated info
National
January 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: One of Pakistan’s former intelligence chiefs has said the government action against him wherein he is not allowed to travel abroad and his post-retirement benefits are withheld citing his alleged affiliation with India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is based on unsubstantiated allegations.
“If they (accusers) had an iota of proof of the alleged ‘RAW’ links, by now there would have been a serious follow up,” Lt Gen ® Asad Durrani said in a document he shared with selected people. Ministry of Defence has once again requested the courts that Durrani should not be allowed foreign travel fearing he would participate in international for a discussion matters that the ministry believed fall with national security domain.
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January 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Defence Ministry has described the country s former spy chief, Lt. General (R) Asad Durrani, as affiliated to or interacting with “ hostile intelligence elements, including the Indian intelligence agency RAW”, in a damning reply submitted before the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
“The petitioner [General Durrani] is affiliated/interacting with hostile elements, specially Indian RAW, since 2008. During an interview before respondents [the ministries of defence, interior and the State of Pakistan] the petitioner rendered an affidavit committing to refrain from such activities which is still not seen in tangible terms,” were the exact words of the reply of the ministries of defence and interior submitted before the IHC last week. The Federation of Pakistan and ministries of defence and interior submitted this written reply before the IHC in response to a petition filed by the former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) seeking
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court Tuesday summoned Deputy Chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla in corruption references on February 4.During the hearing, the court approved illegal allotment of.