ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter Services Intelligence (ISI),
Lieutenant-General, Ahmad Shuja Pasha on Friday dubbing the Abbottabad
Operation as US game has surrendered himself before parliament for
accountability.
According to sources, briefing the
parliamentarians in a closed-door meeting about the US raid to kill
Osama Bin Laden ISI chief said that he surrenders before the Parliament
and if he is guilty of negligence he is prepared to be held accountable
by the PM and Parliament.
Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha
started the briefing after the opening remarks by Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani in the joint session of the upper and lower houses of the
parliament.
Army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, and the heads of Pakistan Navy and Air Force also attended the briefing.
Sources
told that ISI Chief briefing the participants of the meeting about the
performance of this vital national security institution said that ISI
has proved its capabilities before the world and has gained
international recognition for its performance in war against terror. He
said that it was due to ISI that the backbone of Al-Qaeda has been
broken and it was due to our effort that we manage to isolate OBL from
its associates and he was living a life of a dead man.
He said
that US kept us in dark over the operation to score points. While anti
Pakistan elements are attempting to create rift between national
institutions and unity.
Sources told that ISI chief further
said that pinpointing one institution with regard to the May 2 incident
is incorrect and any institution can investigate with regard to this
incident and if negligence on part of ISI is found than he is ready to
be held accountable.
He said that it is a great honour for him
to give a briefing on the floor of the parliament. He said that ISI
would give relevance to the decision of the parliament and national
security would be held supreme.
According to Online, during the
all important session, Air Chief, Vice Chief of Air Staff and DG
Military Operations gave a detailed briefing on the Abbottabad
Operation fiasco.
They informed that the radar system of
Pakistan were well equipped and operational however the helicopters
used by US were satellite technology ones and hard to detect in our
radar system. They said that only US have the said technology in this
regard.
They said that the choppers used in the OBL operation and no country has them.
Later
during a quick chat with journalists after the meeting, Federal
Minister for Information and Technology Firdaus Ashiq Awan was of the
view that ISI and other military officials gave a detailed briefing on
the May 2 debacle.
Director General Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI), Lieutenant-General, Ahmad Shuja Pasha has said that Pakistan was
kept in dark about the operation and admitted Pakistan security failure
during the US operation in Abbottabad with led to the killing of al
Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden. Federal Information Minister Firdaus
Aashiq Awan confirmed that during Friday's in-camera joint session of
the Parliament the ISI chief has acknowledged Pakistan failed to
intervene US intervention and presented himself for the accountability.
She further added that role of PAF is impregnable in country’s
sovereignty urging some anti state elements want to create rift among
Army and Nation hence Media must unveil such forces and play a
responsible and positive role in this regard.
She said her
party cannot leave army and agencies in this difficult situation
Earlier the prime minister was cited as telling the meeting that we
will do everything necessary to protect the sovereignty and interests
of the country. We will answer any question on the Abbottabad operation
and national security. He said that for us national security and
defence of country is supreme and we will not let our country down
parliament is supreme forum and the purpose of today’s briefing is to
tell the facts to the people representative and nation. Govt wants the
people to trust govt and institutions. We must stand united with our
army and ISI.
Meanwhile Security was increased in the capital
ahead of the briefing. Police carried out random checks on vehicles and
no one was allowed to enter the Red Zone area including media personals
while helicopters were seen flying over the city.
