ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed as the new National Security Advisor (NSA). According to sources, Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been given the additional charge of National Security Advisor. A formal notification regarding his appointment has also been issued. He was appointed as the head … Read more
NSA Jake Sullivan tests positive for COVID-19, a spokeswoman says. Sullivan had not been in close touch with Vice President Joe Biden and was asymptomatic. Sullivan met with Senegal’s foreign minister at the White House Friday. WASHINGTON – A week before President Joe Biden is scheduled to attend a summit of the Group of Seven … Read more
According to the chief of US Cyber Command, offensive actions in support of Ukraine have been carried out by US military hackers. General Paul Nakasone also detailed how separate “hunt forward” operations allowed the US to track down foreign hackers and identify their tools before they were used against the US in an exclusive interview. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf on Sunday said that India made a publicity stunt by announcing 50,000 tonnes of wheat assistance for Afghanistan but did not send a single grain for the Afghans facing worst humanitarian crisis. “India deliberately announced the wheat assistance intended to be transported through Pakistan’s land routes with the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that his government is willing to allow India to transport wheat to Afghanistan via Pakistan after finalising procedural details, Arab News reported. Prime Minister Khan recently assured a ministerial delegation from Afghanistan to consider the transit of Indian wheat on humanitarian grounds. The delegation, which was led by Afghan foreign … Read more
WASHINGTON: National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has warned that the ‘instability’ in Afghanistan may lead to “more terrorism, refugees and economic hardship for Pakistan”. “Afghan instability could lead to more terrorism, refugees and economic hardship for Pakistan,” Yusuf was quoted by The Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin in the article “Pakistan wants to be … Read more
Pakistan was facing an onslaught of information war through propaganda on social media accounts, which is being run from the office of the Afghan National Security Adviser, National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf said on Wednesday. Yusuf, at a press conference, said Pakistan was being blamed for its 20-year failure in Afghanistan and was being targeted … Read more
National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf on Thursday met his US counterpart Jake Suvillian to discuss the urgent need for a reduction in violence in Afghanistan and a negotiated political settlement to the conflict. Yusuf left for the crucial US visit on July 26 as part of the efforts by Pakistan to reset the fragile relationship … Read more
ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf on Saturday categorically said that relations with India could only improve if New Delhi takes concrete steps to reverse the situation on the ground in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and stops sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan. In an interview to prominent Indian journalist Karan Thapar, Yusuf … Read more
Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been officially granted residential rights to live in Russia in a move towards nationality. According to the details, Mr. Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said the application had been postponed longer than usual due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Mr. Kucherena said, “His residency permit was expiring … Read more
Seven years after Edward Snowden’s revelations, a U.S. court has ruled that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance of citizens’ telephone records is illegal. According to the details, the court ruled that US intelligence officials who were openly defending him were not telling the truth. The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that secretly collecting the … Read more
