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[ABBASIA]

New ISI chief shares tenuous link with Shah Rukh Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's newISI chief, Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam, is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a tenuous link with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.

Islam's father served as a brigadier in the Pakistan Army and Shah Nawaz Khan, who was a major general in the INA led by Subhas Chandra Bose, was his uncle, leading Pakistani defence analyst Ikram Sehgal told PTI.

"One son of Shah Nawaz Khan went with him at the time of Partition, while another, Mahmood Nawaz, stayed on in Pakistan and became a full colonel. In fact, Mahmood Nawaz went and met his father only after retirement as he could not travel to India while he was in service," Sehgal said, providing details of the new ISI chief's extended family.

Shah Rukh Khan's late mother Lateef Fatima was the adopted daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan, according to the Bollywood star's biography on several websites.

Islam, who was yesterday appointed the new head of the powerful spy agency by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, comes from a military family and was born in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. It could not immediately be ascertained whether Islam had ever met Shah Nawaz Khan, who died in 1983.

Shah Nawaz Khan was himself born at Kahuta and served in the British Indian Army during World War II. He was captured when Japanese troops overran Singapore in 1942 and then joined the INA. He subsequently fought alongside Japanese forces against the British in Burma (now Myanmar).

Shah Nawaz Khan was captured by the British and put on trial with other INA officers in 1946. They were convicted for treason but were discharged due to intense pressure from the public.

He later joined the Congress party and was elected to the Lok Sabha four times. Before Islam's appointment as the ISI chief, some media reports had suggested that Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan's uncle Maj Gen Isfandyar Ali Khan Pataudi, a deputy director general in the spy agency, was in the running for the top slot. However, sources told PTI that Pataudi was never seen as a serious contender for the post of ISI chief.

http://timesofindia....ow/12208084.cms

[Dizasta]

I thank Allah Subhanaho Wata'aalah, that none of the Achakzais ever entered the Mughal Sultanat, with the intent of settling there. Achakzais hail from the heart of Pukhtun Nation, Qandhar. Those Pukhtuns who did ever settle in the Mughal Sultanate, ought to be ashamed of themselves for not removing themselves from what became hindustan, after the time of the creation of Pakistan.

I do not consider or would honor these Shah Rukh Khans, Saif Ali Khans, Salman Khans as Pukhtun, simply because they are not part of the Loya Jirga, they aren't born as Pukhtuns or in a Pukhtun household, they don't know Pushtu which every Pukhtun's mother tongue and their bloodlines have been tainted by hindu-blood. They aren't Pukhtun, they aren't Khans, because ..... in order to be Khan, you have to have a tribe or clan to belong to. To whom you pledge your allegiance to and in turn that clan pledges it's allegiance to Allah Subhanaho Wata'aalah.

I am a Khan, that is because I belong to the Achakzai Clan and hence my name is Mujahid Nasrullah Khan Achakzai. Khan of what? That's right, Khan of the Achakzais.

Take Shahid Afridi for instance, his full name is Sahebzada Shahid Khan Afridi, Khan of what? Khan of Afridis.

This is our identity and we share it with these of our Pukhtun brothers, be they Orakzai, Khattaks, Bangash, Marwats, Daurs or etc. Achakzai's trace their lineage back to Qandhar and to being one of the major tribes of Pukhtunkhwas. That is true Pukhtun tradition, which was instilled in me by my father, grandfather and uncles. Something that we hold value to and are but a rare a few within the Pukhtun nation, that still has historical relics, trophies and paper-work to prove the era our ancestors existed in.

[Jahan]

MODS, please merge with this topic: http://forum.pakista...l=&fromsearch=1

[haroons222]

BTW,any input on this new chief of ISI?Its interesting that as soon as he comes in, we are talking about more relations with amreeka AND
banning organizations(regardless of who they are, dont know much abt then).Im merely commenting on the timing!

[Ababeel]

Former ISI Chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha put rare check on US influence

ISLAMABAD: General Ahmad Shuja Pasha would have made many mistakes and would have failed on many fronts but he did wonders in limiting the role of CIA and FBI agents in Pakistan, the contribution that makes him look different from many others.

Gen Pasha has been the most hated Pakistani in Washington and a real pain in the neck for the CIA. For the same reason, his retirement has brought a sigh of relief to the Intelligence circles in the US. He was a rare breed of Generals, who would not be impressed with the influence of Washington and its powerful intelligence chief.

He has been the most difficult man to tackle for the Panettas and Petreauses of this world hence there have been demands from Washington that Pasha should be removed. It was his candidness and bluntness with his US counterparts, which made him one of the most powerful spymasters in the world.

Coming from a humble but well educated family and after having cleanly served the army with distinction for almost 35 years, Pasha took over as ISI chief, the position that earned him a lot of embarrassments and controversies.

Failures connected to the ISI during his tenure as its DG should remain a burden for him but there is hardly anyone to appreciate how he managed to limit the role of the American agencies in Pakistan.

Following 9/11 General Musharraf had put the sovereignty of Pakistan at stake and on sale by giving the kind of free hand to US agents that was simply unimaginable. “We had no idea how many foreign as well as local agents of CIA and FBI were operating within the territorial limits of Pakistan,” an official source said, adding that the American agents were spread all over.

Not only had Musharraf allowed the CIA and FBI to hire local agents in Pakistan in the garb of so-called war on terror, the Americans were also free to move in and out without any check. “At times we did not know who is coming and who is going, and what is brought in and what it taken out,” the source said.

This unimaginable concession for the US officials was first brought under check by no one else but Pasha on whose orders in October 2009 the facility of unchecked arrivals and departures with no scrutiny of their luggage at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) in Islamabad was formally withdrawn.

Gammon Gate of the BBIA, which was basically meant for food catering services and had a direct outside airport link without passing through immigration and customs checks, was specified for the US officials and for the UN officials too. This special facility had allowed the Americans to have unchecked arrivals and departures to and from the Islamabad Airport. The facility was massively misused and there were reports of even unauthorised and undeclared import of sensitive material and equipment, including weapons.

A CAA order, issued on the subject in 2009, did concede that the customs and immigration authorities have no arrangements/staff to check the movement and crew and other foreigners, etc. “The equipment related to aeroplane, the crew and their personal luggage also passes through this gate. During checking, US vehicles and the luggage they carry to and from apron area are not properly searched/checked by the ASF staff deputed to control the entry/exit at the Gammon Gate,” a document said, adding in view of this, use of the Gammon Gate by foreigners should be stopped forthwith as it was a serious security hazard.

In the garb of training, the CIA spies had their presence in and around vital sites of Pakistan’s national security. Police College Sihala near Kahuta Nuclear Plant was one such sensitive site from where Gen Pasha managed to root them out and packed them back to Washington.

To check the activities of ruthless members of Blackwater and DynCorp, the ISI under Pasha started checking the US “officials” and “diplomats” on the roads of Pakistan and even started questioning them and in some cases even taking them to police stations.

It was also on the direction of Pasha that action was launched against DynCorp and its local partner Inter-Risk, which was issued the prohibited bore licences by the interior ministry on the request of the US embassy.

Besides pushing the already present CIA and FBI agents out of Pakistan, Pasha pursued the policy of strict monitoring of the US visitors. He wanted a tight scrutiny of every visitor coming from Washington - a move that made the US administration angry.

Washington put pressure on the rulers in Islamabad, who in a strange decision had allowed its embassy in Washington under Hussain Haqqani to issue visas to US officials without getting clearance from the security agencies of Pakistan.

The issue of Raymond Davis and May 2 Abbottabad shame brought CIA and the ISI face to face. Clashes between CIA and ISI had actually begun after the Army chief’s refusal to lauch operation in North Waziristan, with Gen Shuja Pasha refusing to cooperate with the CIA unless the relationship was on an equal footing.

According to one report, visas to 1545 US employees in the name of diplomats, trainers, NGO workers or NATO officials were issued controversially and without proper scrutiny. After the Raymond Davis case, the ISI had asked CIA to disclose the location of its agents/employees in Pakistan and the nature of their appointment in Pakistan. After repeated questioning CIA kept denying that they had so many operatives in Pakistan. The ISI managed to expel many of them following the release of Raymond Davis - the incident that was a great embarrassment for Pakistanis - however the complete cleansing was still not done.

The clashes between ISI and CIA worsened when Pasha reportedly insisted on the one-point agenda that ISI would not support any CIA activity in Afghanistan or Pakistan if they do not declare their operatives in Pakistan. To this effect the CIA officials said in plain words that no such clarification would be made to ISI as all visas have been issued duly and by the Pakistani authorities. However, after a lot of discussion the CIA, according to the report, agreed to declare 1079 officials, which were operating in Pakistan under various capacities, but denied to give any clue about others.

The ISI, on the other hand, had a list of 438 US officials who were in Pakistan but were not present in any consulate or embassy staff of any city. Their whereabouts were reportedly asked from CIA, to which they gave a funny reply that many of them have been lost? The CIA reportedly claimed that these operatives were used in the FATA area for the war on terror but in various incidents they have either been kidnapped or killed by Talibans so now they were no more in Pakistan. This was something Gen Pasha could not stomach.

Pasha in his meeting with former CIA chief Panetta in Washington had clearly stated that if CIA did not trust ISI then ISI too was not bound to keep the ties as they were. Panetta never expected such a curt reply. Exchange of harsh words took place between the two, prompting Gen Pasha to abruptly end his visit. He left USA just 5 hours after his arrival.

http://www.terminalx...hmed-shuja.html

[reichmarshal]

ABBASIA, on 10 March 2012 - 04:52 AM, said:

New ISI chief shares tenuous link with Shah Rukh Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's newISI chief, Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam, is the nephew of Indian National Army hero Shah Nawaz Khan and through him, shares a tenuous link with Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.

Islam's father served as a brigadier in the Pakistan Army and Shah Nawaz Khan, who was a major general in the INA led by Subhas Chandra Bose, was his uncle, leading Pakistani defence analyst Ikram Sehgal told PTI.

"One son of Shah Nawaz Khan went with him at the time of Partition, while another, Mahmood Nawaz, stayed on in Pakistan and became a full colonel. In fact, Mahmood Nawaz went and met his father only after retirement as he could not travel to India while he was in service," Sehgal said, providing details of the new ISI chief's extended family.

Shah Rukh Khan's late mother Lateef Fatima was the adopted daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan, according to the Bollywood star's biography on several websites.

Islam, who was yesterday appointed the new head of the powerful spy agency by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, comes from a military family and was born in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. It could not immediately be ascertained whether Islam had ever met Shah Nawaz Khan, who died in 1983.

Shah Nawaz Khan was himself born at Kahuta and served in the British Indian Army during World War II. He was captured when Japanese troops overran Singapore in 1942 and then joined the INA. He subsequently fought alongside Japanese forces against the British in Burma (now Myanmar).

Shah Nawaz Khan was captured by the British and put on trial with other INA officers in 1946. They were convicted for treason but were discharged due to intense pressure from the public.

He later joined the Congress party and was elected to the Lok Sabha four times. Before Islam's appointment as the ISI chief, some media reports had suggested that Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan's uncle Maj Gen Isfandyar Ali Khan Pataudi, a deputy director general in the spy agency, was in the running for the top slot. However, sources told PTI that Pataudi was never seen as a serious contender for the post of ISI chief.

http://timesofindia....ow/12208084.cms

These bast@rds in the media are trying to portray it as if Gen. Shahnawaz was a Gen in the indian army. Which is utter and total bs. While surving in the british army during the second world war. their was a movement whose thinking was that why should they fight the japanese as they had no fight with the people of the sub continent. but they should instead join hands with the japanese and fight against the british for the liberation of india as they the brits had subjugated them. So I.N.A (indian national army) was formed under the japanese by volunteers of indian origin officer and men of british army. Gen. shahnawaz was made a gen in INA.
During the war he was captured by the british and put on trial along with other INA POW after the war. The rank and file of INA included muslims, hindus, sikhs and even some christians of india. due to huge public pressure the trial was put off and all INA POW were released.
Gen. Shahnawaz after his trial came back to Pakistan to his native village matore. where he stayed for some years but as his popularity was growing liaquat ali khan wanted to arrest him, so feeling humiliated and let down he one day went to lahore and crossed the boarder  and went to dehradun where he had some land.
nehru who was his lawyer during his trial heard about Gen. shahnawaz was staying at dehradun and so went to meet him. in the next general election nehru in the honour of the great sacrafise and contribution that gen. shahnawaz had done in the freedom strugle, awarded him the ticket for national assembly.

So shame on liaquat ali khan and shame on the rest of Pakistan for dishonoring and humiliating such a great independence hero and forcing him to leave the country. when liaquat ali khan could leave Quaid Azam dieing on the road of Karachi, what is gen. shahnawaz to him. But than again our history is littered with such tales.

ps: shahrukh khans father was Gen. shahnawazs munshi, so he can claim all he wants.