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Quetta commission report says top intelligence agency neither has website nor email account
By:
Online
18-Dec-16
130
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa in his inquiry report said the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) should be accessible to citizens.
The Supreme Court formed the commission led by Justice Isa in the wake of the terrorist attack on the Civil Hospital Quetta.
It has been revealed in the media reports about the inquiry commission report that even the people, who wish to convey information to the spy agency about suspicious activities, have no means to contact it.
According to 110-page report, the premier intelligence agency neither has a website nor an email account. When the commission checked whether the spy agencies of other countries too were inaccessible, it found out that almost all the important agencies had made their contact details, such as telephone numbers and email addresses, public.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States have all provided their contact particulars on their publicly reachable websites, the report read.
The Military Intelligence Section 5, Secret Intelligence Service, National Counter Terrorism Security Office and the Counter Terrorism Command of the United Kingdom have also provided their contacts on their websites, according to the report.
“It wrote letters to the government functionaries, seeking information and answers to certain questions,” the commission said.
Subsequently, responses were received from the Establishment Division, Finance Division, ministries of interior, religious affairs, states and frontier regions, Federal Investigation Agency, ISI, National Counter Terrorism Authority and the national security adviser.
But none of the responses was on a letterhead. All of them were on plain pieces of paper which didn’t mention any address, email account or even a post office box number.
The responses from the governments of Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh followed the same pattern.
The report said the commission faced considerable difficulty in ascertaining the whereabouts of the ministries, government departments and agencies.
The report added that one could only sympathises with the poor citizens who might have to interact with these organisations.
“If such nebulousness serves a purpose it could only be to remain aloof and unapproachable and therefore unquestionable and unaccountable,” the commission regretted.
Expressing surprise on the FC’s role, the commission said it was not clear exactly what its role in Balochistan was and whether it had policing powers.
The report also revealed the “confused response” at the highest level, as the chief secretary and commandant of the Ghazaband Scouts of FC said the FC had policing powers whereas the federal interior secretary said that no such powers had been given to the FC.
The commission said it wrote letters to Wafaqul Madaris-al-Salfia, Wafaqul Madaris-al-Arabia, Wafaqul Madaris-al-Shia Pakistan, Tanzeemul Madaris Pakistan and Rabitaul Madaris-al-Islamia and their association Ittehad Tanzeem Madaris. The commission asked them about any mosque or seminary having direct or indirect links with the Jamaatul Ahrar, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami or any other organisation banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
The commission received responses from them that a total of 26,465 seminaries were affiliated to them.
They said they were committed to spreading hatred and extremism. They also added that if any seminary affiliated to them was found indulged in wrongdoing they would proceed against those running it.
The Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat Pakistan, however, spoke of the difficulty in monitoring each seminary, and said the state was responsible for doing so.
Surprisingly, the Religious Affairs Ministry said the total number of registered seminaries stood at 11,852, adding that data from the Wafaqul Madaris-al-Arabia was still awaited.
The commission regretted that the minister has no data about seminaries and said that state should keep data of all education institutions and seminaries
http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/18-Dec-16/isi-should-be-in-reach-of-people
By:
Online
18-Dec-16
130
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa in his inquiry report said the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) should be accessible to citizens.
The Supreme Court formed the commission led by Justice Isa in the wake of the terrorist attack on the Civil Hospital Quetta.
It has been revealed in the media reports about the inquiry commission report that even the people, who wish to convey information to the spy agency about suspicious activities, have no means to contact it.
According to 110-page report, the premier intelligence agency neither has a website nor an email account. When the commission checked whether the spy agencies of other countries too were inaccessible, it found out that almost all the important agencies had made their contact details, such as telephone numbers and email addresses, public.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States have all provided their contact particulars on their publicly reachable websites, the report read.
The Military Intelligence Section 5, Secret Intelligence Service, National Counter Terrorism Security Office and the Counter Terrorism Command of the United Kingdom have also provided their contacts on their websites, according to the report.
“It wrote letters to the government functionaries, seeking information and answers to certain questions,” the commission said.
Subsequently, responses were received from the Establishment Division, Finance Division, ministries of interior, religious affairs, states and frontier regions, Federal Investigation Agency, ISI, National Counter Terrorism Authority and the national security adviser.
But none of the responses was on a letterhead. All of them were on plain pieces of paper which didn’t mention any address, email account or even a post office box number.
The responses from the governments of Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh followed the same pattern.
The report said the commission faced considerable difficulty in ascertaining the whereabouts of the ministries, government departments and agencies.
The report added that one could only sympathises with the poor citizens who might have to interact with these organisations.
“If such nebulousness serves a purpose it could only be to remain aloof and unapproachable and therefore unquestionable and unaccountable,” the commission regretted.
Expressing surprise on the FC’s role, the commission said it was not clear exactly what its role in Balochistan was and whether it had policing powers.
The report also revealed the “confused response” at the highest level, as the chief secretary and commandant of the Ghazaband Scouts of FC said the FC had policing powers whereas the federal interior secretary said that no such powers had been given to the FC.
The commission said it wrote letters to Wafaqul Madaris-al-Salfia, Wafaqul Madaris-al-Arabia, Wafaqul Madaris-al-Shia Pakistan, Tanzeemul Madaris Pakistan and Rabitaul Madaris-al-Islamia and their association Ittehad Tanzeem Madaris. The commission asked them about any mosque or seminary having direct or indirect links with the Jamaatul Ahrar, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami or any other organisation banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
The commission received responses from them that a total of 26,465 seminaries were affiliated to them.
They said they were committed to spreading hatred and extremism. They also added that if any seminary affiliated to them was found indulged in wrongdoing they would proceed against those running it.
The Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat Pakistan, however, spoke of the difficulty in monitoring each seminary, and said the state was responsible for doing so.
Surprisingly, the Religious Affairs Ministry said the total number of registered seminaries stood at 11,852, adding that data from the Wafaqul Madaris-al-Arabia was still awaited.
The commission regretted that the minister has no data about seminaries and said that state should keep data of all education institutions and seminaries
http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/18-Dec-16/isi-should-be-in-reach-of-people
