Tag: Faiz Hameed

  • ‘Gen Faiz Hameed may face trial under official Secrets Act,’ claims Absar Alam

    ‘Gen Faiz Hameed may face trial under official Secrets Act,’ claims Absar Alam

    Former Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Absar Alam has revealed details about the possibility of an official Secrets Act trial of former spymaster General (retd) Faiz Hameed.

    Absar claimed on a Samaa podcast that data containing information about journalists, politicians, bureaucrats, judges, army generals, and intelligence agencies’ sensitive information had been recovered by the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) during a raid from General (retd) Faiz Hameed’s house.

    Alam revealed that Gen Faiz was in constant contact with the Chief Minister (CM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Ali Amin Gandapur, and Faiz controlled the KP province before May 9.

    He added, “On May 9, allegedly, a decision was made by the Faiz network with trained attackers to assault a sensitive building full of sophisticated weapons, which ultimately failed.”

    “Which serving employees constantly leaked information about the Corp Commander meeting?” Absar questioned.

    “Faiz did mutiny for personal gain on May 9,” he concluded.

  • Faiz Hameed’s trusted aide leaves Pakistan

    Faiz Hameed’s trusted aide leaves Pakistan

    A close aide of former ISI Chief Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed, Mohsin Habib Warraich, has allegedly left Pakistan to evade investigations by authorities after the military arrested Hameed on August 12.

    Mohsin Habib Warraich is the son of Major (R) Habibullah Warraich, a former MNA and federal minister of defence production.

    He is also the main person of interest in the over Rs2 billion National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam.

    The News reported that he was self-exiled in London for a few years since 2010, until Gen Faiz brought him back to the country, allegedly giving him protection.

    He is believed to be one of Faiz’s closest aides, who managed his businesses from 2014 up till now.

    Mohsin arranged various things for Faiz, including shopping sprees and entertainment, according to The News.

    Security sources confirmed to The News that after his return to Pakistan, Mohsin was bestowed with a clean chit while enjoying round-the-clock security arranged by Gen Faiz at the expense of Pakistani taxpayers.

  • ‘Faiz became zero after retirement,’ Khan stomps all over Faiz in a public breakup

    ‘Faiz became zero after retirement,’ Khan stomps all over Faiz in a public breakup

    Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, while talking with journalists on August 21 in Adiala Jail, dismissed allegations of maintaining ties with former ISI Chief Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed after his retirement, saying, “General Faiz was no longer a hero after his retirement. He became a zero.”

    Khan opined that there would be no point to stay in touch with Faiz after his retirement, Samaa TV reported.

    Furthermore, expressing concerns about Pakistan’s image abroad, he said, “I’m a former civilian prime minister, and my trial in a military court will tarnish the reputation of Pakistan.”

    “I demand that the army chief conduct the trial of General Faiz in an open court if the former ISI Chief is involved in matters related to May 9,” he told journalists.

    Security sources have responded to Khan’s demand of holding an open trial of former ISI Chief Gen Faiz saying, “Who is he to tell whether there will be an open trial of Faiz Hameed or not,”  Samaa TV reported.

    Sources also revealed that if Khan is put on trial with Hameed’s ongoing case, then “rest assured, it will be open.”

    “The whole world will then know what the founding chairman is doing and has been doing,” warned the security sources, according to Samaa TV

    Previously:

    On August 12, Pakistan Army’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), announced the arrest of former ISI Chief Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed for misuse of authority and stealing valuables from the owner of Top City housing society in Islamabad.

    The army issued a statement that an inquiry was conducted into the complaints in compliance with the order of Pakistan’s Supreme Court (SC).

    ISPR stated in its press release of August 12, “Several incidents of violation of the Army Act have also come to light after Faiz Hameed’s retirement and the process of Field General Court Martial has also been started”.

    Meanwhile, journalist Omar Cheema on August 12 claimed that when authorities raided the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretariat last month, they found evidence of former spymaster Lt Gen (retd) Faiz’s “role in facilitating PTI.”

    Omar alleged, “Gen Faiz was connected to PTI leadership and trained them to bypass intelligence agencies’ supervision because he was the inside man.”

    The journalist further claimed, “The problem that the army is facing is the involvement of its own people with PTI. And the leader of all these internal dissenters is Gen Faiz.”

    He stated that the founder of PTI, Imran Khan, was getting some facilities in jail that nobody could explain until now.

    Cheema claimed that the Top City Case in which Gen Faiz was found guilty was just for optics, while the real reason was his cooperation with PTI and Imran Khan.

    “This is a big setback for Imran Khan because his biggest supporter has been arrested,” said Cheema.

    He said this indicates where the relationship between the army and the PTI is going.

    Two days later, the PTI founder suggested that a judicial commission be formed if Gen Faiz’s arrest is related to May 9 events.

    PTI remained unusually quiet on the matter with Khan saying that it was an ‘internal matter’ of the Army distancing his party from Gen Faiz’s arrest.

    While talking to journalists in Adiala Jail, Khan dismissed all the rumours about his relation with former ISI Chief, saying, “I have no connections with Faiz Hameed’s arrest.”

    Khan also criticised this military’s treatment of Gen Faiz, calling him an “asset that was wasted.”

    He suggested that accountability is good but should be “across-the-board accountability.”

    Khan recalled that ex-army chief Gen Bajwa removed Hameed at the behest of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, and after that, a heated exchange occurred between Khan and Bajwa. Khan calls Faiz Hameed ‘an asset’ that was wasted.

  • ‘Faiz was more Bajwa’s man than PTI’s’: Sher Afzal Marwat

    ‘Faiz was more Bajwa’s man than PTI’s’: Sher Afzal Marwat

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat has said that former spymaster General Faiz Hameed had harmed the party more than any good he did for it.

    Talking on Shahzeb Khanzada’s talk show on Geo News, Marwat said, ‘’Faiz Hameed’s role as DG Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) was to harass political opposition, prepare cases against them, put them behind bars and send references against incumbent Chief Justice Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa on Gen Bajwa’s decision.”

    ‘’Faiz was more Bajwa man than PTI and was working for his own benefit,’’ Marwat stated
    While talking about militants resettling in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Marwat claimed. ‘’it was not Imran Khan’s decision alone but the parliament’s, but setting them free after rehabilitation was a mistake.”

    ‘’We will show the High Court’s permission if the police file a case against them after the August 22 power show,’’ he concluded

  • Former officer suspected of killing Ali Raza Abidi was close to Gen Faiz: Absar Alam

    Former officer suspected of killing Ali Raza Abidi was close to Gen Faiz: Absar Alam

    Journalist Absar Alam has revealed in the Samaa Podcasts series that a retired officer who is allegedly suspected of being involved in the assassination of ex-MQM leader Syed Ali Raza Abidi in 2018 was very close to former spymaster Gen Faiz Hameed.

    “Many orders were given to kill people; some were executed while some escaped. The details will emerge with time, whether these orders were given by Imran Khan or his boss [Gen Bajwa] or if he followed his own whims,” alleged Absar Alam.

    In 2018, Syed Ali Raza Abidi was shot dead in Karachi’s DHA when two unknown men riding a bike opened fire on Abidi’s car near his home.

    MQM at that time called it a “coldblooded assassination” that was “part of a crackdown on the party by Pakistan’s military establishment.”

    Absar opined that the details coming to light depends upon whether Faiz cab prove if he was given orders and by whom to conduct these activities.

  • Two PTI politicians left the party on Faiz’s involvement in May 9 riots

    Two PTI politicians left the party on Faiz’s involvement in May 9 riots

    Two senior politicians of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) left the party upon discovering General (retd) Faiz Hameed’s involvement in the May 9 riots, Geo’s Shehzad Iqbal has claimed in his show.

    The two politicians were shown evidence of Faiz Hameed being involved in attempts to incite mutiny in the Pakistan Army, Shahzad said on his talk show Naya Pakistan.

    Both politicians told Shehzad that while they were held in custody, they were told that the attacks on military installations and arson were first initiated by Faiz Hameed’s people at Jinnah House. Later, PTI-affiliated people and crowds joined them.

  • We now know the names of the officers arrested with Faiz

    We now know the names of the officers arrested with Faiz

    Sources have revealed the names of the three most senior retired military officers who were taken into army custody for acting as messengers between former Chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz Hameed and senior politicians.

    The officers identified are Brigadier (retd) Ghaffar and Brigadier (retd) Naeem and Colonel Asim, who were allegedly involved in a communication network with politicians.

    Both Brigadiers are from Chakwal and are considered close associates of the former spymaster.

    Earlier, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a statement claiming that three senior-ranking officers had been taken into custody for compromising military discipline.

  • Evidence exists of Faiz Hameed’s connection with PTI; journalist Umer Cheema claims

    Evidence exists of Faiz Hameed’s connection with PTI; journalist Umer Cheema claims

    Investigative journalist Umer Cheema and talk show host Muneeb Farooq have revealed startling details of former spymaster Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed’s links with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
    Cheema said that there is evidence that the General was connected with PTI even after his retirement.

    He further claimed that senior leaders of PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) conveyed messages from Peshawar to Bani Gala when Faiz Hameed was the Corp Commander of the city on Geo News’ Shahzaib Khanzada talk show.

    Muneeb Farooq recounted that in a sitting of powerful army officials, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa said, “I dropped Gen Faiz Hameed’s name for the Position of (COAS) and insisted on not making Lieutenant Gen Asim Munir’s Army Chief.”
    He also said that if General Asim Muneer became army chief, Faiz Hameed would undoubtedly face a field court martial trial as there is clear evidence of his involvement in mutiny attempts.
    Muneeb also said that Faiz Hameed had a direct connection with PTI after his retirement, and the 9th May riots were the second attempt against incumbent Army Chief Asim Munir.

    “If Faiz Hameed proves guilty of sedition, he could be persecuted at an extreme level,” predicted Cheema

  • PML-N’s Javed Latif wants re-polls in country

    PML-N’s Javed Latif wants re-polls in country

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Javed Latif has demanded a commission to probe recent and 2018 elections, urging the government to hold new polls in the country, Geo News reported on Monday.

    During the Geo New programme, “Naya Pakistan”, Javed Latif said that the current government came into power through an arrangement to block the way of Nawaz Sharif’s two-third majority.

    The PML-N leader raised questions on the no-confidence motion, alleging that those who don’t want stability in the country create an atmosphere to reduce Nawaz Sharif’s popularity and boost the reputation of incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
     
    In doing all this, Gen (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed were on the same page, Latif blamed.

  • Army orders to investigate EX-ISI chief Faiz Hameed, journalist Kamran Yousaf reports

    Army orders to investigate EX-ISI chief Faiz Hameed, journalist Kamran Yousaf reports

    Pakistan army has formed a high-level inquiry committee to investigate alleged accusations to investigate former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Faiz Hameed for allegedly misusing power while serving as the director-general of ISI, journalist Kamran Yousaf has reported.

    People familiar with the development said that the investigation has been conducted at the directions of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Ministry of Defence.

    Faiz Hameed was appointed as DG-C in ISI and later became the head of the intelligence agency. His name was involved in multiple controversies, including the Faizabad Dharna case. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also accused him of engineering his removal from office in 2017.

    However, the Pakistan Army has decided to investigate the case through a high-level inquiry committee. “A high-level inquiry committee has been constituted under a Major General, which will look at every aspect related to this matter in detail.”

    ‘There is a strict and highly transparent system of self-accountability in the Pakistan Army, and by promoting this system, all such allegations are investigated with great seriousness, and those responsible are also given severe punishment so that the self-accountability of the Pakistan Army is maintained,” Express TRIBUNE reported.