US military operation a failure of intelligence: ISI chief
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ISLAMABAD: ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha while accepting US military operation in Abbottabad as failure of intelligence had said nation and parliament should pardon him adding he was ready to resign from his post if parliament asked him to do so.
In camera joint session of parliament was held here under acting speaker of National Assembly (NA) Faisal Karim Kundi here Friday in connection with US unilateral military raid in Abbottabad.
Besides Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chiefs of three forces, DG ISI Ahmad Shuja Pasha, Vice Chief of Air Staff, DG Military Operations and members of parliament attended the session.
As per sources resolution was adopted to turn parliament into special committee.
A parliamentarian privy to in camera session told Online DG ISI gave briefing in passionate manner and gave answers in details to the questions asked by the parliamentarians.
He told Pakistan had no state of the art technology. Our radar can not identify the helicopters which fly at low altitude, he added. This happened on May, 2 and we accept our failure on this count, he remarked.
“It is matter of regret that Indian nation got united when Mumbai attacks took place. 9/11 incident united US but we are being severely targeted. Nation and parliament should pardon me If parliament says I should resign then I am ready to quit my office, he held.
The session was told that as per information extracted from wife of Osama , it was Osama Bin Laden who lived in compound at Abbottabad. But he never came out of his residence. His wife came out of the home when she was required to visit doctor,.
He told it came to their knowledge from the very beginning that some members of Al-Qaeda were present there. One most wanted person was arrested during operation in 2004. We had shared information with US at that time as well, he added. But we were not firmly sure that Osama was present in Abbottabad. But we used to share information. US had not told us that it had traced Osama Bin Laden. On the other hand unilateral operation conducted by US shocked us. However we accept our failure in this regard. We are passing through critical juncture of time and we have no modern technology. We have not shown any slackness deliberately, he underlined.
Sources further told some parliamentarians from PML-N and opposition leader in NA Chaudhry Nisar Ali expressed their reservations about the role of ISI saying government should review its relations with US. “If country does not exist then US aid will be of no avail”, they said. US assistance which imperils our national security is not acceptable to us, they added.
If ISI is accepting its failure then responsibility be also fixed, Nisar demanded. What is its guarantee that what has happened will not recur in future, he said.
Sources further told that DG ISI had to face some cutting questions from the parliamentarians and acting speaker expunged certain questions from the proceedings.
In his opening remarks at joint session of parliament, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said national security would not be allowed to be undermined. There was no difference between military and political leadership of the country on the issue of national security, he added. There should be no politicking on national issues and the need was there that the entire nation should get united in the prevailing situation.
Democratic government would give top priority to country’s defence integrity. Institutions of national security could not be left alone in the trying times, he remarked. Nation should repose trust on government and institutions and it would not be disappointed, he held.
PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif and Punjab chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif did not attend the session.
PNS Mehran attack is a failure of defense institutions. Another atrocity on Muslims, yet the Muslim majority goes silent. No matter what happens, the Pakistan defense authorities will be blamed. Despite our serious efforts to protect the country, we cannot bend the will of the terrorists. We must understand this reality that Pakistan is under serious threats from its enemies. Such attacks are highly embarrassing and cannot be taken lightly. These terrorists are well trained and not bound by any law or border. They are desperate and they want to challenge and demoralize the security forces. The enemy of the states has hijacked Pakistan using strategically the phantom of Taliban. It is stated that there is an insider job in the whole plot of PNS Mehran storm. Pakistan’s immature media anchors and opportunist politicians need to understand the new game plan. This involves tarnishing the image of Pakistan’s military in order to destabilize and eventually disintegrate the country for a larger scheme of reshaping the world to the advantage of the sole super power.
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