Pakistan's ex-ISI chief on no-fly list over book revelations

May 28, 2018 21:11

Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI's former chief Lt Gen Asad Durrani (retd) has been banned from leaving the country and will face a Court of Inquiry over a controversial book he recently co-authored with India's former intelligence head.

Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence agency from August 1990 till March 1992, along with former RAW chief A S Dulat has recently published the book titled 'The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace' in India.

He was summoned to the General Headquarters today to explain his position on the book 'Spy Chronicles', said a statement issued today by the Inter-Services Public Relations - the Pakistan military's media wing.

"A formal Court of Inquiry headed by a serving Lieutenant General has been ordered to probe the matter in detail," the statement said.

It also said that "competent authority has been approached to place the name of Lt Gen Durrani (retd) on Exit Control List.

Those persons on the ECL are prohibited from leaving Pakistan.

Durrani has expressed dismay at his "own people" after facing severe backlash over his recent book that landed him in controversy. He was also targeted by some retired senior army officers on different TV talk shows.

Lt Gen retired Abdul Qayyum and Maj Gen retired Ijaz Awan questioned the motive behind releasing the book on internet.

Durrani was apparently summoned after ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded an urgent meeting of the high-powered National Security Committee to discuss a recent book co-authored by a former spy chiefs of Pakistan and India.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

How Mumbai Indians Can Make Play-Offs...

MI have six points after playing 11 matches and need to win their next three matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants to bag six points from these games.

Phase 3: Fate of Shah, Scindia among 1300 candidates to be sealed on Tuesday

Among the bigwigs are Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and SP Singh Baghel (Agra).

Blue and Orange: India's jersey for T20 World Cup!

The new jersey is a mix of blue and orange, featuring a tri-coloured stripe on the collar.

Was Sameer Rizvi's The Best Catch?

Substitute fielder Sameer Rizvi rushed to his right at deep square leg to complete a good running catch, coming around the square leg umpire.

ED recovers Rs 30 cr from domestic help of J'khand minister's secretary

The premises are alleged to be of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjiv Lal.