RECORDER REPORT
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday issued notices to secretary interior in a contempt of court petition for not holding investigation into allegations that some officials of Intelligence Bureau (IB) were involved in protecting terrorists having links with the hostile intelligence agencies.
A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the contempt petition of IB Assistant Sub-Inspector Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Shahzad and directed the interior secretary to submit his reply in this matter in two weeks.
Earlier, the same IHC bench had directed secretary interior to probe this sensitive matter and submit report before the court. Justice Siddiqui had also directed to take immediate measures for the protection of national interests.
Besides challenging this matter before the court, the petitioner has made some startling revelations in his petition about the nexus of the several IB officers and subordinate staff members with the anti-state intelligence agencies. The petitioner has leveled very serious and alarming allegations, including travel to Israel, on IB officials.
The ASI filed the petition through Barrister Masroor Shah and made federation through secretary to Prime Minister, director general (DG) IB and DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as respondents.
Malik Mukhtar stated in his petition that in 2007 when he joined his duty, he started gathering sensitive information concerning national security. In this connection, the petitioner reported against various terrorist groups having roots in Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria and India. But to petitioner’s dismay, the IB took no action against such groups despite proofs provided by the petitioner. The inaction on part of IB alarmed the petitioner and he tried to unearth actual cause thereof.
He added that upon thorough intelligence gathering process, it transpired that certain high officials of IB were directly involved with the terrorist organizations and had links with the hostile enemy intelligence agencies. He told the court that he had been running from pillar to post to raise this issue of national security but all in vain.
The petitioner further said that he then informed DG IB and other higher authorities by way of various representations telling them that certain IB officials having links with the anti-state elements were involved in terrorism at the behest of foreign intelligence agencies but they did not pay any heed to this issue.
“The sensitive information regarding compromise of national security was also conveyed to the prime minister of Pakistan as well through registered post. However, the prime minister preferred to indulge himself in other trivial affairs rather than matters of grave national importance,” said the petition.
