A Pakistani journalist confessed to spying for the country’s intelligence agency ISI when he toured India in 2007 and 2010. He made this revelation during an interview, whose clip has gone viral on social media.
In the clip, Nusrat Mirza can be heard boasting on camera that he was invited by the then vice president of India Hamid Ansari and that he used to pass on information collected to the ISI chief during his visits to India.
On July 11, Mirza said that he received various 'privileges' from the foreign affairs department of Pakistan during his visits to India.
In a statement, Ansari also rejected the allegation, made by the BJP citing comments of a former RAW functionary, that he had compromised national interest as India's ambassador to Iran.
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS): Former Vice President Hamid Ansari has refuted the charges levelled by the BJP that he invited a Pakistan journalist to visit India when he was the Vice President, stating that only the government can shed light on the matter and tell the truth. The remarks came after the BJP on Wednesday slammed Ansari and the Congress and sought their clarification over claims made by Nusrat Mirza, a Pakistani journalist, that he had visited India five times during the UPA rule, and shared sensitive information collected during his visits with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) back home. In a signed statement, Ansari said that a litany of falsehood has been unleashed on him in some sections of the media and by the official spokesman of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Addressing the media earlier on Wednesday, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia had said, “If Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and the then Vice President, remain silent on the questions raised b
In a statement, he also rejected the allegation, made by the BJP citing comments of a former RAW functionary, that he had compromised national interest as India's ambassador to Iran.
Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Wednesday rejected allegations by the BJP that he, while in office, had invited a Pakistan journalist who was spying for the ISI.