Islamabad: The dreaded Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), often described as a state within state, was placed under the direct control of the civilian authority।
This has been seen as a move seen as an effort to clip the wings of the agency, which has the reputation of acting "autonomously"।
Pakistan's Cabinet Division issued a formal notification placing the ISI and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) under the interior minister।
Till now, the ISI, the premier external counter-intelligence outfit, was working under the Defence Ministry but Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani relocated the agency by placing it under the Interior Ministry, headed by his adviser Rehman Malik।
A senior security official, however, expressed doubts whether the ISI would work under the interior division, saying it would continue to work in its "previous capacity and framework".
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