Islamabad, May 25 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> Pakistan’s ousted premier Nawaz Sharif today demanded an urgent meeting of the high-powered National Security Committee (NSC) to discuss the content of a book co-authored by former spy chiefs of Pakistan and India.<\/p>\n
Lieutenant General (retd) Asad Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from August 1990 till March 1992, along with Indian former RAW chief AS Dulat has written “The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace”. The book was released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sharif demanded that whatever Durrani wrote in the book should also be discussed in the meeting of NSC, days after a similar meeting was convened by the Committee to condemn his statement over the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, in an attempt to draw a parallel to his remarks.<\/p>\n
In an interview to the Dawn newspaper earlier this month, Sharif had said: “Militant organisations are active. Call them non-state actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai? Explain it to me. Why can’t we complete the trial?<\/p>\n
The Committee later condemned his remarks, irking Sharif, who is trying to resurrect his image after being disqualified by the Supreme Court on July 28 last year.<\/p>\n
Separately, former chairman Senate Raza Rabbani and prominent leader of Pakistan Peoples’ Party also criticised the joint book by rival spy chiefs.<\/p>\n
“It is shocking that on the one hand Pakistan and India relations are at an all-time low and on the other hand, former spy chiefs of both the countries are teaming up to write a book, the former Senate chairman said.<\/p>\n
He said a lot of noise would have been made had a civilian teamed up with the RAW chief to write a book.<\/p>\n
“Had a politician done the same thing he would have been labelled a traitor,” Rabbani said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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