The PTI on Wednesday demanded an open court trial in the court-martial proceedings against former spy general (retd) Faiz Hameed, citing jailed PTI founder Imran Khan, who was arrested earlier this month in a housing scheme. He was detained in connection with the scam. On Monday, Imran claimed that the former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief…
Mr Hameed served as director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 2019 to 2021, when Mr. Imran Khan was prime minister and was accused of meddling in political affairs at his behest. Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister IMRAN KHAN on Tuesday termed the arrest of former ISI chief Faiz Hameed as an “internal problem”…
The Pakistani government has allowed the ISI, the army’s secret agency, to ‘intercept’ phone calls and messages. According to a notification issued on July 8, the federal government has given this authority to ISI officers under Section 54 of the Pakistan Telecommunication Act, 1996. The decision has been taken in the interest of national security…