**WASHINGTON, June 22: The Pakistan Embassy here has issued 67 visas to CIA officials for deployment in Pakistan, embassy sources told Dawn on Wednesday. **
The decision, according to these sources, followed an understanding between the two governments on CIA deployments and postings in Pakistan.
“Under the new arrangement, the CIA has accepted Islamabad’s demand that all intelligence postings in the country should be fully disclosed, and shared with the Pakistani government,” the sources said. “Pakistan agreed to issue the visas only after an understanding on full disclosures.”
The agreement was reached after talks in Islamabad earlier this month between ISI chief Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and top CIA
officials, including CIA Director Leon Panetta.
“Now the ISI will be fully aware of who is doing what and where he is posted at,” a diplomatic source said. “There will be no room for misunderstanding and suspicions.”
Raymond Davis wasn't enough, we want more dead innocent Pakistanis...
exactly the government trying to fool the people last week they say one CIA office close to show they doing something little and this week they issue more visas to same criminals!!!
Disappointing as it is that CIA will have agents in Pakistan, the truth is that they have a vast network of agents and informers within all spheres of society in Pakistan...be it NGO, media, politicians or even within the military. Pakistan and its agencies have not opposed CIA operatives coming to Pakistan but they wanted to know who the CIA agents operating in the country will be. The U.S opposed the Pakistan request but now it seems that the U.S has agreed and Pakistan in return has issued them visas.
I think we need to focus more on the internal fifth column that works for the CIA rather than these temporary agents.
lolz..... dollars phainkh tamasha dekh.......how long will we keep pimping Quaid's country for dollars ?
alhamdulilah at least the muslim people still have the honour and hate to see their land invaded and infiltrated by the americans. Only when we kick out the monkey rulers in power and change system so they can never return, then we can start to rebuild strong state which people can look at and say this is a great nation with respect for its people and others.