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2005-08-23 Afghanistan/South Asia

British attache removal - the honey in the honeypot

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Posted by john 2005-08-23 17:49|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Damage control from the Madam in charge of ISSI

ISS DG debunks British defence attachÃ© scandal

She accused the British government of âdefamingâ the ISS because of articles she wrote criticising London for the recent laws it announced to curb extremism. âIn the story the correspondent named the ISS and maligned an innocent young researcher here, with no grounding in reality,â Dr Mazari said.

Posted by john 2005-08-23 18:34|| 2005-08-23 18:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Link to the original Sun story

Posted by john 2005-08-23 20:16|| 2005-08-23 20:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Row over the outing
Link to story

A section of the press had already vaguely reported about identity of the lady involved in the alleged platonic relationship with the British Brigadier. In fact, Dr Mazari should be thankful to the reporter, who, by pinpointing a particular lady, who may not necessarily be the person concerned, has put an end to wild guesses being made in the city about some of the known media-related female academics, including Dr Mazari herself, for being the lady in question.

While the DG ISS has every right to condemn or criticize the report, she has no right to cast aspersion on the integrity of a newspaper, whose commitment to Pakistanâs national interest has remained the only constant during its entire history of publication. Let us humbly state that, in our career as a publisher and editor, we have always upheld the national interest of Pakistan in highest esteem. We dare to claim that, barring any inadvertent lapse, we know better than Dr Mazari as to what the national interest of Pakistan means, and we do not need any sermon from Dr Sahiba in this regard.

Posted by john 2005-08-23 20:23|| 2005-08-23 20:23|| Front Page Top

#4 thanks John for background.

What's your take...Was âjullietâ[Maria Kiani] was an ISSI agent from the getgo, missioned to honey up Brigadier Andrew, or did the ISSI discover that the Brigadier had fallen into the pot with a Paki female academic and then recruit her to work for the Institute.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-08-23 21:53|| 2005-08-23 21:53|| Front Page Top

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