ISLAMABAD, JUNE 5 /--/Pakistan Army today saidex-ISI chief Lt General(retired) Asad Durrani didnot obtain a 'No ObjectionCertificate' from it beforepublishing a controversialbook along with formerRAW chief AS Dulat.Durrani's name has been puton the no-fly list andPakistan Army has ordereda Court of Inquiry toinvestigate his claimsmentioned in the book. Thebook titled 'The SpyChronicles: RAW, ISI and theIllusion of Peace' sparked amajor controversy inPakistan as various politicalparties voiced theirreservations over it, withformer prime minister

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Nawaz Sharif demanding anemergency meeting of theNational SecurityCommittee over the issue.Durrani, who served as thechief of Pakistan's premierintelligence agency fromAugust 1990 till March 1992,was subsequentlysummoned to the GeneralHeadquarters by themilitary last week, and aformal Court of Inquiry wasordered to probe the matter.

Responding to questionson the issue at a pressbriefing, the Director-General Inter-ServicesPublic Relations MajorGeneral Asif Ghafoorshared new details on thecontroversy. He said Durranidid not obtain a No Objection

Certificate from the PakistanArmy for the book he co-authored with Dulat. Therelease of the book hassparked accusations oftreachery against the formerspy chief after his candidviews on various matters ofregional and global concerncame under intense publicscrutiny. The powerfulmilitary, which has ruledPakistan for about half itshistory since independencein 1947, is considered amajor player in the country'spolitics. Ghafoor said thatthe institution itself tooknotice of the bookcontroversy, and confirmedthat an inquiry has beeninitiated against Durrani."An enquiry has been

ordered as he (Durrani)failed to give properexplanation whensummoned. The probe willcomplete its work which willbe shared," he said. He saidthe reaction against Durraniwas strong because thePakistan Army cannotafford to tolerateindiscipline from anyone."Pakistan Army has neverforgiven any mistake,whether made by a soldier ora general," he said. Ghafooralso recalled Durrani'sdismissal from service,saying that who he was as aperson was not the Army'sconcern, but who he hadbeen as part of the institutionnecessitated a review of hisactions. (PTI)

Durrani didn't obtain NOC from Pak Army

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Three soldierskilled in ISattack in PakKARACHI, JUNE 5 /--/Two heavily-armed IslamicState bombers attacked asecurity post in Pakistan'srestive Balochistanprovince , killing at leastthree paramilitary soldiersand injuring four others.Two bombers attacked thecheck post of paramilitaryFrontier Corps (FC) nearMastung city of theprovince, a security officialsaid yesterday. One attackerwas killed in the exchangeof fire with soldiers whileother blew himself up,according to the securitysources. They said thatthree soldiers were killedand four injured in the gunbattle and ensuing suicidebombing.