Saleem Shahzad

• US Admiral ties Pakistan to killing of journalist

  Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that he believed that the government of Pakistan had "sanctioned" the killing of a Pakistani journalist who had written scathing reports about the infiltration of Islamic militants into the country's security services.Admiral Mullen, who is due to retire at the end of September,...

• US believes ISI ordered murder of reporter Saleem Shahzad

  Obama administration officials believe that Pakistan's powerful spy agency ordered the killing of a Pakistani journalist who had written scathing reports about the infiltration of militants in the country's military, according to American officials.New classified intelligence obtained before the May 29 disappearance of the journalist, Saleem Shahza...

• ISI denies role in Pakistani journalist's death, calls allegations 'regrettable'

  Pakistan's main intelligence agency issued a rare media statement Wednesday to deny it was behind the abduction and killing of a journalist who was investigating terrorism.Speculation that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was linked to the slaying of Syed Saleem Shahzad has added to pressure on the agency, already facing international suspicio...

• Pakistani journalists allowed to carry arms

  Journalists in Pakistan have been allowed to carry small fire-arms for self-defence in the wake of the murder of scribe Syed Saleem Shahzad, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik today said.He also promised to probe allegations about ISI's involvement in his abduction.Malik's assurance came while speaking to the media after visiting Shahzad's res...

• Often threatened, Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad found dead after abduction

  A well-known Pakistani journalist has been found dead after being abducted over the weekend in an upscale neighbourhood of the capital and receiving repeated threats from Pakistan's premier intelligence agency. The journalist, Syed Saleem Shehzad, 41, wrote predominantly about security and terrorism issues for the Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online ...

• Missing Pak journalist in ISI custody?

  A report published in Pakistan's Daily Times said that a senior journalist has been missing since Sunday. The newspaper quoted Human Rights Watch and said that Saleem Shahzad is in custody of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.Shahzad's friends said he was whisked away by unidentified people on Sunday evening when he left hi...