Islamabad : Pakistan’s powerful army has summoned former ISI chief Asad Durrani on May 28 to seek clarification over a book he co-authored with India’s ex-spy chief AS Dulat, accusing him of ‘violating’ the military code of conduct. Lt Gen (retd) Durrani, who headed ISI agency from 1990 till 1992, along with Dulat has written “The Spy Chronicles: RAW, ISI and the Illusion of Peace”. The book was released on Wednesday.
The Pak Army in a statement said Durrani, 77, was being called to General Headquarters on May 28 and “will be asked to explain his position on views attributed to him in book ‘Spy Chronicles’.” “Attribution taken as violation of Military Code of Conduct applicable on all serving and retired military personnel,” according to the statement.
Durrani was summoned after ousted PM Nawaz Sharif on Friday demanded a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) to discuss the book’s content.
Durrani made certain observations in the book, including a claim that then PM Gillani was fully on board regarding the Abbottabad US Navy Seals operation against Osama Bin Laden and that a special deal had been struck between the US and Pakistani governments over it, media reports said.
He also went on to suggest that Pakistan mishandled the case of Indian national Kulbushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on spying charges.