Pakistani Intelligence community
Various intelligence agencies of Pakistan
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| 2023 | Qatar's State Security arrested eight former Indian Navy officials allegedly spying on Qatar's stealth submarine programme, with ISI reportedly providing crucial intelligence that helped uncover the spy network. |
| 2021 | Iranian Ministry of Intelligence (VAJA) adopted ISI's operational model to suppress internal dissent, aiming to promote similar disciplinary approaches in confronting internal threats. |
| 2021 | Fall of Kabul viewed as a major strategic victory for ISI, with the organization mediating talks between Taliban factions and ensuring the Haqqani Network secured a significant role in the Taliban's Cabinet of Afghanistan. |
| November 19 2021 | Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed concludes his term as ISI Director General, being succeeded by Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum on 20 November 2021. |
| October 2021 | The appointment of the ISI chief causes significant market reaction, with shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange dropping 1.51% in the KSE-100 index due to concerns about the leadership appointment. |
| October 13 2021 | Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry informed media about the ongoing process of appointing a new ISI director general, emphasizing it was the Prime Minister's prerogative and that the army chief and prime minister agreed to follow constitutional procedures. |
| October 6 2021 | The Pakistan military's media affairs wing announced the replacement of Faiz Hameed with Nadeem Anjum as ISI director general. |
| June 24 2021 | The National Intelligence Coordination Committee held its inaugural session, becoming fully functional. |
| November 2020 | The National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC) was approved by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, with the ISI Director-General heading the committee. |
| 2019 | Ayman al-Zawahari released a video message labeling ISI and the Pakistani military as a 'puppet' of the United States. |
| 2017 | After ISIS's defeat in Mosul, Iraqi envoy Ali Yasin Muhammad Karim publicly praised Pakistan's ISI for intelligence cooperation during the fight against ISIS, expressing interest in continuing bilateral intelligence sharing. |
| 2017 | General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, publicly accused the ISI of having connections to terrorist groups during a Senate hearing. |
| April 29 2017 | The ISI director general tweeted that the notification on the Dawn news leak was incomplete and not in line with the Inquiry Board's recommendations, which was subsequently rejected. |
| 2016 | Uzair Baloch, a Lyari Gang War gangster with Iranian nationality, was arrested by Sindh Rangers. During his confession, he revealed that Iranian intelligence officials offered him residence in Tehran in exchange for sensitive information about Pakistan Army operations in Karachi. |
| October 6 2016 | Dawn newspaper published a report about a government meeting detailing international pressure to crack down on extremist groups in Pakistan, which led to significant controversy. |
| March 26 2016 | Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti announced the arrest of Indian Naval officer Kulbhushan Yadav by the ISI in Balochistan. |
| November 5 2014 | Lieutenant-General Joseph Anderson publicly stated that the Haqqani network is 'fractured' due to Pakistan's military operations in North Waziristan, which disrupted their ability to conduct attacks in Afghanistan. |
| February 2014 | ISI quickly obtained information about Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh's orders to deploy troops along Pakistan borders, prompting a rapid counterdeployment by the Pakistan Army. |
| 2013 | The Supreme Court ordered the government to submit secret funds previously used to topple political governments to public accounts. |
| 2013 | NACTA received its legal framework and official mandate through the NACTA Act, providing a formal legal basis for its counterterrorism operations. |
| July 24 2013 | Five suicide bombers attacked the local ISI office in Sukkur, killing four people (including ISI officials) and injuring 35. |
| 2012 | Politicians attempted to introduce a bill to make intelligence services financial funds accountable to the Parliament, but the bill was withdrawn without the concurrence of the special committee of the ruling PPP. |
| 2012 | Leaked Stratfor emails suggested that up to 12 ISI officials knew Osama bin Laden's location during the Abbottabad raid, and that bin Laden had been in regular contact with ISI. |
| March 2012 | Political Internal Division became inactive with the appointment of a new director general who took operational charge of the ISI. |
| 2011 | U.S. intelligence community raised allegations that Pakistan was harbouring Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. U.S. President Barack Obama suggested there was likely a support network for bin Laden inside Pakistan. |
| 2011 | ISI initiated training programs for the State Police of Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan State Intelligence Service in intelligence gathering techniques. |
| 2011 | FBI openly acknowledges in US Court that ISI sponsors and oversees the insurgency in Kashmir by arming separatist militant groups. |
| 2011 | ISI arrested five CIA informants who had provided intelligence leading to Osama bin Laden's death, including Shakil Afridi, who was sentenced to 33 years in prison for running a fake vaccination campaign that helped locate bin Laden's compound. |
| 2011 | Xun Wang, a Chinese woman believed to be an ISI agent, was indicted for illegally exporting high-performance epoxy coatings to the Chashma 2 Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan via a third-party distributor. |
| 2011 | Following the Raymond Davis shooting incident, ISI disrupted CIA operations in Pakistan, leading to at least 30 suspected American covert operatives suspending activities and 12 leaving the country. |
| December 2011 | A Jamestown Foundation analysis report was published, discussing allegations about the ISI's involvement with high-profile terrorism figures. |
| September 14 2011 | Three intelligence officials were killed and one wounded when a vehicle carrying agency personnel was ambushed in FR Bannu. |
| June 2011 | The Prime Minister was informed that 41 missing people had returned home, 38 false cases were withdrawn, and some others were traced. The Supreme Court ordered the government to provide subsistence allowance to affected families. |
| March 8 2011 | A car bomb exploded at a CNG Station in Faisalabad, killing 25 people and injuring over 100. The Taliban claimed the nearby ISI office was the target, though no ISI personnel were killed. |
| 2010 | Anti-Money Laundering Act was passed, formally solidifying the legal basis for the Financial Monitoring Unit as an independent intelligence service department of the Government of Pakistan. |
| 2010 | London School of Economics report claimed ISI was providing extensive funding, training, and sanctuary to the Taliban insurgency, with some Taliban commanders suggesting ISI attended meetings of the Quetta Shura. |
| 2010 | Mohammed Tasleem, an alleged ISI operative and New York consulate attaché, was discovered by the FBI issuing threats against Pakistanis in the United States to prevent them from criticizing the Pakistani government. |
| 2010 | Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban's deputy commander, captured by Pakistani intelligence forces near Karachi. |
| 2010 | ISI was accused of aiding Jaish-ul-Adl, a group fighting for the separation of Sistan-Baluchistan from Iran. |
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