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| India-Pakistan |
| Sharif, military concerned over foreign agencies' role |
| 2015-06-01 |
| [DAWN] ISLAMABAD: The government and the military on Saturday used Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's visit to the Inter-Services Intelligence ...the Pak military intelligenceagency that controls the military -- heads of ISI typically get promoted into the Chief of Army Staff position. It serves as a general command center for favored turban groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, tries to influence the politix of neighboring countries, and carries out a (usually) low-level war against India in Kashmir... (ISI) headquarters for a briefing on security matters, especially those related to concerns about suspected subversive role of India's spy outfit -- the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) -- and the controversial "fighting terror with terror" comment made by the Indian defence minister last week. But something surprising was that Afghanistan's intelligence agency, National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), with which Pakistain signed a cooperation agreement earlier this month, was back on the ISI's radar, according to one account from the meeting. Both the Prime Minister's Office and the military front man in statements on Mr Sharif's visit to the ISI offices said he expressed his concerns "over actions of foreign intelligence agencies in destabilising the country". |
| Posted by:Fred |