Isis Activity In Pakistan

The Army is going to start summary court-martial proceedings against its soldier who was allegedly caught passing on secret information to an ISI agent- posted in the Pakistan embassy in the national capital, about military activities along the north

The NIA on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against an Indian operative of Pakistan's spy agency ISI for allegedly raising funds for espionage activities in India, an official said.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide blast in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday that killed 20 people and left 48 more injured.

The Jamaat-e-lslami Jammu and Kashmir, which was banned by the government recently, has strong links with Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, and has been maintaining regular contact with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for promoting secessionism in the state, officials have said.

In a rare rebuke to Pakistan's powerful military, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped them from engaging in political activities and directed spy agencies like the ISI to operate within the law.

Pakistan's Supreme Court today prohibited members of its armed forces from engaging in political activities and directed state agencies like the Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI to operate within the law as it ordered the government to act against those propagating "hatred, extremism and terrorism".

No terrorist of the ISJK, an outfit influenced by ISIS ideology, is active in Jammu and Kashmir and the extent of ISIS presence in the state was till recently limited to waving flags of the global terror group and Pakistan, Union minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today.

The Home Ministry has told a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country with false and malicious propaganda.

Ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Russia and the United States next week to highlight the issue of the neighbouring country sponsoring terrorism in India and discussefforts to counter ISIS activities in the region.

Separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani has denounced the ISIS against the backdrop of repeated display of its flag in Kashmir, saying it is a terrorist organisation which does not represent Islam.

About 100 Pakistanis, including women, have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the ISIS since the rise of the dreaded terror group in the Middle East, said a minister in the provincial Punjab government.

Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Taiba and has used the terror group's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on Friday.

The Army is going to start summary court-martial proceedings against its soldier who was allegedly caught passing on secret information to an ISI agent- posted in the Pakistan embassy in the national capital, about military activities along the north

The NIA on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against an Indian operative of Pakistan's spy agency ISI for allegedly raising funds for espionage activities in India, an official said.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide blast in Pakistan's Quetta city on Friday that killed 20 people and left 48 more injured.

The Jamaat-e-lslami Jammu and Kashmir, which was banned by the government recently, has strong links with Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, and has been maintaining regular contact with the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi for promoting secessionism in the state, officials have said.

In a rare rebuke to Pakistan's powerful military, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped them from engaging in political activities and directed spy agencies like the ISI to operate within the law.

Pakistan's Supreme Court today prohibited members of its armed forces from engaging in political activities and directed state agencies like the Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI to operate within the law as it ordered the government to act against those propagating "hatred, extremism and terrorism".

No terrorist of the ISJK, an outfit influenced by ISIS ideology, is active in Jammu and Kashmir and the extent of ISIS presence in the state was till recently limited to waving flags of the global terror group and Pakistan, Union minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today.

The Home Ministry has told a parliamentary panel that Sikh youths are being trained at ISI facilities in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India, and members of the community who are settled in Canada and other places are also being instigated against the country with false and malicious propaganda.

Ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Russia and the United States next week to highlight the issue of the neighbouring country sponsoring terrorism in India and discussefforts to counter ISIS activities in the region.

Separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani has denounced the ISIS against the backdrop of repeated display of its flag in Kashmir, saying it is a terrorist organisation which does not represent Islam.

About 100 Pakistanis, including women, have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the ISIS since the rise of the dreaded terror group in the Middle East, said a minister in the provincial Punjab government.

Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Taiba and has used the terror group's services to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir and elsewhere, a UN report said on Friday.