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The Intelligence Bureau (Urdu: سررشتہِ سراغرسانی ; IB) is an intelligence and security agency in Pakistan, focused primarily on non-military intelligence. Established in 1947, the IB is Pakistan's oldest intelligence agency. It is led by the Director General (DG IB), who is usually an officer from the Police Service of Pakistan.
The intelligence community of Pakistan was first described the English language newspapers, Frontier Post as "invisible government" in an edition published on 18 May 1994. Another English language newspaper, the Dawn, also described the intelligence community as "our secret godfathers" in its opinion section on 25 April 1994.
The National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC) of Pakistan is headed by the Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The overarching intelligence coordination body was given assent by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan in November 2020. [ 3 ]
A former employee of the Intelligence Bureau was killed by militants in Bannu District. [131] Seven people were wounded in a grenade attack on the vehicle of the Frontier Corps in Kharan District. [131] One Pakistan Army personnel was killed in a Baloch Liberation Army rocket attack in Kharan District. [131]
The Inter-Services Intelligence was established in 1948. It was the brainchild of Major General Walter Cawthorn, then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, following the First Kashmir War which had exposed weaknesses in intelligence gathering, sharing, and coordination between the army, air force, navy, Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI).
The Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation (DG I&I) (Urdu: نظامتِ عمومی برائے سراغرسانی و تفتیش) operates as a department under the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Pakistan. While its core function is to serve as the intelligence wing of the FBR, it is actively engaged in the day-to-day ...
Shah was a long-term close associate of President Pervez Musharraf, [1] and was Director of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Punjab during Musharraf's 1999 coup. [3] Musharraf appointed Shah as Director-General of Intelligence Bureau of Pakistan from 2004 to 2008.
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