Former ISI chief Durrani files contempt case for not removing his name from no-fly list
Islamabad, June 25: Former ISI director-general Asad Durrani has filed a contempt case against the interior secretary for failing to follow court orders for the removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL) after he authored a controversial book with ex-RAW chief Amarjit Singh Dulat.
The release of the book 'The Spy Chronicles' sparked accusations of treachery against Durrani after his candid views on the Mumbai terror attacks and various matters of regional and global concern came under intense public scrutiny.
Durrani filed a petition against Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan in the Islamabad High Court, Samma TV reported.
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On February 27, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani had given the secretary a month to make a decision on the removal of Durrani's name from the no-fly list, the petition says.
He was supposed to take a decision by March 27 but he did not, the petition said, seeking launching of contempt proceedings against the secretary for failing to follow the orders.
Durrani's name was put on the ECL on May 29, 2018 following the Pakistan Army's request to impose a travel ban on him.
The decision was taken a day after Durrani visited the Pakistan Army Headquarters in Rawalpindi to explain his stance on his controversial book.
The
book
was
co-authored
by
Durrani
and
Dulat,
the
former
chief
of
India's
external
spy
agency
RAW.
The
controversial
book
explores
sensitive
topics
ranging
from
Hafiz
Saeed,
co-founder
of
Lashkar-e-Taiba
and
the
chief
of
Jamaat-ud-Dawah
to
the
2008
Mumbai
attacks
and
even
the
Abbottabad
operation
by
US
special
forces
to
capture
Al
Qaeda
chief
Osama
bin
Laden
in
2011.
The
book
also
focuses
on
the
operations
conducted
by
the
ISI
and
the
RAW.
Last year, Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said Durrani was found guilty of violating the military code of conduct. A court of inquiry was also ordered against him.