Lieutenant General (retd) Asad Durrani, the former chief of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, was found guilty of violating the military code of conduct after he co-authored a book The Spy Chronicles with AS Dulat, the former chief of India’s spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Geo News reported.
Pakistan’s Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor reportedly announced the development while addressing a press conference in the wake of the situation arising after the Pulwama attack.
“He has been found guilty of violating the military code of conduct. His pension and other benefits have been stopped,” the DG ISPR said, as quoted by Geo News.
The Pakistan Army in May last year had summoned Durrani to explain his co-authoring a book with Dulat in "violation of Military Code of Conduct".
Durrani was asked to explain his position on views attributed to him in the book.
According to IANS, Durrani made certain claims, including that then Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani was fully onboard regarding the US Navy Seals operation against former Al Qaeda chief Osama bin-Ladin in Abbottabad and that a special deal was also struck between the US and Pakistan in this regard.
He also went on to suggest that Pakistan mishandled the case of convicted Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav, claiming that he would eventually be handed over to India.
The uproar had came after several people including politicians questioned, how a retired general could co-author a book with a former RAW chief.
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