ISI officer to be questioned in Pak brigadier detention case

The Pakistani military authorities have decided to investigate a senior ISI official who is the brother of Brigadier Ali Khan — a senior officer of the Pakistan Army who has been arrested for his ties to a banned Islamic militant group, Hizbul Tehrir.

The Pakistan army is also questioning four army majors about suspected links with a banned extremist group that has called for the military to oust the country’s government.

Brigadier Ali Khan, who was posted at the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army, is being interrogated by the Special Investigation Branch of the Military Intelligence while his younger brother is a senior officer of the Inter Services Intelligence.

The authorities have included in the ongoing investigations the younger brother of Brigadier Ali Khan as well his son and son-in-law who are also captains in the Pakistan Army.

Brigadier Ali Khan comes from a family with three generations in military service, besides having a brilliant service record. While his father was a junior commissioned officer, his younger brother is a colonel in a Pakistani intelligence agency. His son and son-in-law are both army captains. Brigadier’s wife, Anjum, has rejected the allegations against him as rubbish.

“Every General knows Brigadier Ali Khan. Even Army chief General Kayani knows him,” she said. But the military circles say Brigadier Khan was arrested after getting clearance from General Kayani who was shown evidence of the Brigadier’s militant links.