ISLAMABAD: The chief of Pakistan’s spy company ISI has issued strict orders to all commanders to avoid politics following directives from military chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to offset a smear marketing campaign towards the army by ousted prime minister Imran Khan‘s celebration, in accordance with a media report on Tuesday.
Lieutenant Basic Nadeem Anjum, director common (DG) of Pakistan’s Inter-Companies Intelligence (ISI), personally issued the directions to his subordinates, The Categorical Tribune newspaper reported.
“They’ve been instructed within the strictest phrases to avoid politics and keep away from any such exercise,” the report quoted a supply as saying.
The spymaster additional stated that there can be zero-tolerance for violations and any intelligence official discovered violating the directives would don’t have any place within the premier company.
The event got here a day after military chief Bajwa directed his high commanders and key officers – together with these from the Inter-Companies Intelligence – to avoid politics after leaders of ousted prime minister Khan-led celebration alleged that some officers of the nation’s intelligence company have been attempting to “manipulate” the upcoming by-elections in Punjab.
Pakistan military, which has dominated the coup-prone nation for greater than half of its 73-plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded appreciable energy within the issues of safety and international coverage.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration has been main a vicious marketing campaign towards the safety institution because the toppling of its authorities in April this yr by means of a no-confidence movement, in accordance with the paper.
Khan, the 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, claims his ouster was a conspiracy orchestrated and bankrolled by the US with the assistance of native gamers over his pursuance of an unbiased international coverage,
Khan is the one Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence movement in Parliament. He was changed by Shehbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
Khan and his celebration blamed the army and have mounted a vociferous marketing campaign – particularly on social media – to immediately level the finger at some senior officers.
The celebration has now began peddling the narrative that the safety institution has been engaged in “political engineering” to govern the upcoming by-elections in favor of the PML-N and its coalition companions, the report stated.
The bypolls on the 20 vacant seats of the Punjab meeting can be held on July 17.
Senior PTI chief Yasmin Rashid alleged at a current press convention, with out offering any proof, that the ISI sector commander, Lahore, Brigadier Rashid was concerned in political manipulation towards the PTI. Former international minister and Deputy Chairman of PTI Shah Mehmood Qureshi additionally alleged that he was defeated in Punjab Meeting elections by means of a conspiracy.
The upcoming by-elections in Punjab are essential as a result of whichever celebration wins extra seats will kind the federal government within the province.
The Supreme Court docket has already ordered that the provincial meeting elect a brand new chief minister on July 22 after the bypolls as a result of the PTI claims the incumbent chief minister Hamza Shehbaz doesn’t command the bulk, in accordance with The Categorical Tribune.
Lieutenant Basic Nadeem Anjum, director common (DG) of Pakistan’s Inter-Companies Intelligence (ISI), personally issued the directions to his subordinates, The Categorical Tribune newspaper reported.
“They’ve been instructed within the strictest phrases to avoid politics and keep away from any such exercise,” the report quoted a supply as saying.
The spymaster additional stated that there can be zero-tolerance for violations and any intelligence official discovered violating the directives would don’t have any place within the premier company.
The event got here a day after military chief Bajwa directed his high commanders and key officers – together with these from the Inter-Companies Intelligence – to avoid politics after leaders of ousted prime minister Khan-led celebration alleged that some officers of the nation’s intelligence company have been attempting to “manipulate” the upcoming by-elections in Punjab.
Pakistan military, which has dominated the coup-prone nation for greater than half of its 73-plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded appreciable energy within the issues of safety and international coverage.
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration has been main a vicious marketing campaign towards the safety institution because the toppling of its authorities in April this yr by means of a no-confidence movement, in accordance with the paper.
Khan, the 69-year-old cricketer-turned-politician, claims his ouster was a conspiracy orchestrated and bankrolled by the US with the assistance of native gamers over his pursuance of an unbiased international coverage,
Khan is the one Pakistani prime minister to be ousted in a no-confidence movement in Parliament. He was changed by Shehbaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
Khan and his celebration blamed the army and have mounted a vociferous marketing campaign – particularly on social media – to immediately level the finger at some senior officers.
The celebration has now began peddling the narrative that the safety institution has been engaged in “political engineering” to govern the upcoming by-elections in favor of the PML-N and its coalition companions, the report stated.
The bypolls on the 20 vacant seats of the Punjab meeting can be held on July 17.
Senior PTI chief Yasmin Rashid alleged at a current press convention, with out offering any proof, that the ISI sector commander, Lahore, Brigadier Rashid was concerned in political manipulation towards the PTI. Former international minister and Deputy Chairman of PTI Shah Mehmood Qureshi additionally alleged that he was defeated in Punjab Meeting elections by means of a conspiracy.
The upcoming by-elections in Punjab are essential as a result of whichever celebration wins extra seats will kind the federal government within the province.
The Supreme Court docket has already ordered that the provincial meeting elect a brand new chief minister on July 22 after the bypolls as a result of the PTI claims the incumbent chief minister Hamza Shehbaz doesn’t command the bulk, in accordance with The Categorical Tribune.
