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| Govt ISI decision to countryÂ’s detriment says Hamid Gul |
| 2008-07-27 |
| ISLAMABAD: The decision to place the IB and ISI under civilian control will be of great detriment to the country’s defence establishment, former ISI chief Hameed Gul said on Saturday. He told Daily Times that the ISI had a strategic role and should not be placed under the Interior Division. “It is acceptable to some extent to place the IB under the Interior Division, but the ISI is the country’s first line of defence,” he added |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #4 That must have been a long time ago. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-27 12:46 |
| #3 The Taliban were created by the Pak interior ministry, over the objections of the ISI at that time. Now everyone can be a big happy family... |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-27 12:40 |
| #2 In 2006, the Pak government told the courts that the defense ministry did not have operational control over the ISI. The interior ministry is unlikely to have any more oversight. No operational control over ISI and MI, defence ministry tells court The ministry of defence exercises only administrative control over Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) and it does not have any operational control or jurisdiction to enforce the courtÂ’s direction on these agencies, an official of the ministry informed the Sindh High Court on Tuesday. The court was hearing six petitions against illegal detention of people belonging to political and religious organisations. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-27 12:38 |
| #1 This is just smoke. As Old Spook notes in the other thread, it's a sham, and as Nimble notes, it's just a reason to order new stationery. Move the offices around, change the name plaques and the drapes, and otherwise things remain just as they are. Gul's protect is just for the rubes in public. No doubt he'll convince Obama. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-07-27 12:28 |