Defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has on Tuesday said that the former director general of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen (r) Faiz Hameed, should be questioned about security policies during his tenure as chief of the country's premier intelligence agency, by summoning him before Parliament, or before a standing committee of Parliament.
Speaking to a private news channel, the defence minister pointed out that terrorist attacks did not start happening within the last six to eights months.
Asif criticised the former spymaster for visiting Kabul in September 2021, saying that those who were responsible for bringing the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) back to the country should be made answerable to the Parliament.
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Khawaja Asif wants Faiz Hameed to be held accountable by the parliament.
It is pertinent to mention here that recently-retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, a former ISI chief, had led a delegation to Kabul to hold talks with Taliban leadership in September 2021 following the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan.
“What do you hope is going to happen now in Afghanistan,” a reporter asked Lt. Gen. Faiz. “We are working for peace and stability in Afghanistan,” Pakistan's then-charge d'affaires said. “Don’t worry, everything will be okay,” the ISI chief added, to reserved chuckles.
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Pakistan is witnessing a new wave of terrorist attacks, with a standoff at the Karachi police chief’s office (Karachi Police Office, or KPO) on Friday 17th February being the latest such incident.
The four-hour-long intense combat between terrorists and law enforcement agents at the KPO office in Saddar left four dead and 18 injured, while all three terrorists attacking the police headquarters were neutralised.
The PTI and the incumbent PDM coalition government have been blaming each other for the deteriorating security situation in the country. The coalition government has said that the PTI’s move to enter into dialogue with militants was “faulty” and it was “never endorsed” by parliament.
Speaking to a private news channel, the defence minister pointed out that terrorist attacks did not start happening within the last six to eights months.
Asif criticised the former spymaster for visiting Kabul in September 2021, saying that those who were responsible for bringing the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) back to the country should be made answerable to the Parliament.
https://twitter.com/TFT_/status/1628034557172916224
Khawaja Asif wants Faiz Hameed to be held accountable by the parliament.
It is pertinent to mention here that recently-retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, a former ISI chief, had led a delegation to Kabul to hold talks with Taliban leadership in September 2021 following the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan.
“What do you hope is going to happen now in Afghanistan,” a reporter asked Lt. Gen. Faiz. “We are working for peace and stability in Afghanistan,” Pakistan's then-charge d'affaires said. “Don’t worry, everything will be okay,” the ISI chief added, to reserved chuckles.
https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1434181768454754305
Pakistan is witnessing a new wave of terrorist attacks, with a standoff at the Karachi police chief’s office (Karachi Police Office, or KPO) on Friday 17th February being the latest such incident.
The four-hour-long intense combat between terrorists and law enforcement agents at the KPO office in Saddar left four dead and 18 injured, while all three terrorists attacking the police headquarters were neutralised.
The PTI and the incumbent PDM coalition government have been blaming each other for the deteriorating security situation in the country. The coalition government has said that the PTI’s move to enter into dialogue with militants was “faulty” and it was “never endorsed” by parliament.