12-04-2008, 10:19 PM
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The US has given four names of former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials, including Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, to the UN Security Council to put them on the list of international terrorists, The News reported. Hameed Gul confirmed that he was included in the list of those four or five former ISI officials whose names had been provided to the UN Secretary-General by the US Government to be included in the list of international terrorists under Resolution 1267 of the Security Council. Gul admitted that he had already met the foreign affairs secretary to discuss the issue. A Foreign Office source said the issue had already been referred to the prime ministerâs office but no decision had been taken by the Government so far. Lou Fintor, the US embassy spokesman, said the embassy was unaware about the issue.
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The US has given four names of former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials, including Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, to the UN Security Council to put them on the list of international terrorists, The News reported. Hameed Gul confirmed that he was included in the list of those four or five former ISI officials whose names had been provided to the UN Secretary-General by the US Government to be included in the list of international terrorists under Resolution 1267 of the Security Council. Gul admitted that he had already met the foreign affairs secretary to discuss the issue. A Foreign Office source said the issue had already been referred to the prime ministerâs office but no decision had been taken by the Government so far. Lou Fintor, the US embassy spokesman, said the embassy was unaware about the issue.
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