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Pakistan’s ISI comes in from the cold
In its own land, Pakistan’s notorious spy agency, the ISI, is viewed with awe and dread. Now it is opening up — a little — to Western journalists.
In its own land, Pakistan’s notorious spy agency, the ISI, is viewed with awe and dread. Now it is opening up — a little — to Western journalists.
The bruises suffered by Hassan Tariq, a senior barrister in Sindh province, extend in large purple patches from his hip to his rib cage. According to his own account, he was beaten with ”a hard object” and kicked and punched by officers for refusing to chant slogans in favour of Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf.