ISI ex-chief guilty of violating Pak military code

Islamabad, February 22 

The Pakistani army on Friday held spy agency ISI’s former chief Lt Gen Asad Durrani (retd) guilty of violating the military code of conduct by co-authoring a controversial book with India’s former intelligence head and punished him by stopping his pension and other benefits.

Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from August 1990 till March 1992, along with former RAW chief AS Dulat published the book titled ‘The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace’ in India.

The army had ordered a Court of Inquiry against Durrani over the book in which the two former spy chiefs touched upon some thorny issues, including terrorism, particularly Mumbai attack, Kashmir and the influence of intelligence agencies.

Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said Durrani was a former senior officer who held key positions and his conduct should have been different. “Durrani has been found of guilty of violating the military code of conduct...He is no more entitled for the benefits which a retired officer is entitled.” He said currently Durrani is not allowed to leave the country.  — PTI