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This is an archive article published on December 9, 2008
Ex-ISI chief offers himself before UN for inquisition
With the US moving to corner him, former ISI chief Lt Gen retd Hamid Gul on Monday offered to 8220;present himself for inquisition8221; before a UN Commission to clear himself of charges that he had links to al-Qaeda and Taliban.
With the US moving to corner him, former ISI chief Lt Gen retd Hamid Gul on Monday offered to 8220;present himself for inquisition8221; before a UN Commission to clear himself of charges that he had links to al-Qaeda and Taliban.
According to reports, the US plans to send names of Gul and three other Pakistanis, all former top officers of ISI, as also some Pakistan-based terror groups to the United Nations Security Council UNSC for imposing sanctions against them for alleged links with terror activities.
Gul, who served as ISI chief during 1987-89, said he had come to know about a purported US document in this regard from a journalist. 8220;I will directly reach out to UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon and ask him to set up an international commission here in Pakistan and I shall be prepared to present myself for inquisition,8221; said Gul.
Dismissing the US charge of his having links with the Taliban and al-Qaeda as a 8220;pack of lies8221;, Gul asked the Pakistan Government to come out in his defence.
Gul said he had no contacts with the Pakistani Taliban. He also said he was not involved in recruiting youth from madarsas to fight in Afghanistan.
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