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Top Story 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 r...

Pakistan Opposes Ex-ISI Chief’s Plea to Have Name Removed from ECL File photo Defense ministry maintains Asad Durrani’s name should be kept on no-fly list over his involvement in ‘anti-state’ activities Pakistan’s Ministry of Defense has opposed an application seeking the removal of former spymaster Lt. Gen. (retd.) Asad Durrani’s from the Exit Control List by alleging that he had been regularly interacting with “hostile elements” since 2008. Durrani, a former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was accused of betraying national secrets after he co-autho...

Pakistan claims former ISI chief Durrani in touch with RAW since 2008 ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 16:23 IST Islamabad [Pakistan], January 28 (ANI): Pakistan's defence ministry has opposed efforts by former ISI Chief's Lt Gen (retired) Asad Durrani's efforts to get his name removed from a no-fly list. It has claimed that Durrani had been interacting with India's external intelligence agency -- RAW [Research and Analysis Wing] -- since 2008, according to a media report on Wednesday. According to Dawn, Durrani's name was placed on the Exit Control List (ECL)...

The Pakistan government has said that former ISI director Asad Durrani had been interacting with Indian intelligence agency RAW since 2008. This statement came in response to a petition filed by the former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) seeking the removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).  "The situation necessitates that the petitioner's name should be continued on ECL," read the statement.

Story highlights Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from August 1990 till March 1993, ran into hot waters in 2018 by co-authoring a book titled 'The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace' with former RAW chief A S Dulat. The Pakistan government has said that former ISI director Asad Durrani had been interacting with Indian intelligence agency RAW since 2008. This statement came in response to a petition filed by the former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) seeking the removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL).  "The situation...