ISI Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence

ISI is one of the best and very well organized intelligence agency in the world. It was founded in 1948. In 1950 it was officially given the task to safe guard Pakistani interests and national security inside and outside the country.Its primery objectives are not only to safeguard Pakistani interests, but also, reinforcing Pakistan’s power base in the region.

The ISI is tasked with collection of of foreign and domestic intelligence; co-ordination of intelligence functions of the three military services; surveillance over its cadre, foreigners, the media, politically active segments of Pakistani society, diplomats of other countries accredited to Pakistan and Pakistani diplomats serving outside the country; the interception and monitoring of communications; and the conduct of covert offensive and wartime operations. Functions of the ISI include gathering foreign and domestic intelligence and synchronizing the intelligence of the military services. The agency maintains surveillance of foreign diplomats in Pakistan, Pakistani diplomats abroad, and politically active members of Pakistani society. It monitors its own staff, the media and foreigners. It tracks and intercepts communications and engages in covert offensive operations.

ISI is headquartered in Islamabad and works under a Director General, a serving Lieutenant General of the Pakistan Army. There are three Deputy Director Generals-designated DDG (Political), DDG (External) and DDG (General). The ISI is staffed mainly by personnel deputed from the police, para-military forces and some specialized units of the Army. There are over 25,000 active men on its staff. This figure does not include informants and assets. It is organized into six to eight divisions .

T20 win a testimony to our character!

We have compiled a list of messages for our readers from prominent personalities such as Zaid Hamid, Mushahid Hussain, and Imran Khan with more to be added later today. We’ll start off with our own message to all Pakistanis on this wonderful occasion:

World Cup

A warning to the doom merchants – Pakistan will not bow down.

For decades they’ve talked about how Pakistan is on the verge of collapse, a failed state, better off chopped into four smaller countries. Ever since the nation’s birth our enemies have steadfastly worked overtime to reverse the miracle of Pakistan.

Pakistanis are arguably among the most resilient people in the history of this earth. No other nation can soak up as much pressures that Pakistan has in recent years.

We’ve fought wars, brought superpowers down on our doorstep, faced internal strife and terrorist attacks, faced monumental refugee crisis, earthquakes, floods, and have been labelled terrorists. However, each time we’ve dusted ourselves off and moved on with a solid determination and the steely resolve that makes us ‘Pakistanis’.

It is therefore no surprise that despite being deprived of top level international cricket for more than 15 months, being isolated internationally and reeling under the most harrowing incident of the game, fighting a war inside our borders and looking after three million of our brothers and sisters made homeless due to conflict, we have managed come out on top of the world in yesterday’s T20 final.

This is who we are.

This is what we do.

The next time someone tells you Pakistan’s about to fall to the Taliban or end up carved into four pieces, you can tell them to zip it. There is no power on earth that can undo Pakistan. It has come to stay.

Don’t let them distract you, for we have a wonderful destiny to achieve, and a dream called ‘Pakistan’ to fulfill with 17 crore wickets in hand.

Messages from Zaid Hamid, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed and Imran Khan are below:

Zaid Hamid:
It is a stunning testimony to the national will and resilience that, despite all the wars and unrest in the country, the national team was able to fight its way through to the top and win the world cup sparking national jubilation. A moment which gelled the nation and brought smiles on the faces of even the displaced people from war zones. In cricket at least, Pakistan rule the world!! انشاءاللہ soon, in all spheres of life, Pakistan shall rise and shine!

Mushahid Hussain Syed (Exclusive to PKKH):
It was Pakistan at its best – resilience, teamwork with homework, with a killer instinct under leadership determined to win. As The Times of India’s Avijit Ghosh put it, Younis Khan’s ‘karo ya maro’ (do-or-die) approach ensured that he and his men ‘gave Pakistan plenty to be proud of’. Never was such a victory so badly needed as the one yesterday.

While it shows Pakistan cricket’s bounce back from a period of decline, on a broader plane, this demonstrates the characteristic Pakistani spirit to fight back and to deliver despite odds. And it is perhaps apt, three of the heroes are from the area fighting extremism & terrorism – the captain Younis Khan,Shahid Afridi & Umar Gul.

Whether it’s Lord’s or Swat, we have the determination to lick the problem & win!
It is this can-do confidence that will, Inshallah, steer the country away from crises, and ensure a better tomorrow for our people.

Every Pakistani felt proud holding high the fluttering crescent & star.

Pakistan Zindabad. (ps: the doomsday wallahs better rest in peace!)

Imran Khan