True. We should limit the US diplomats in Pakistan. Not more than a dozen should be allowed.
New US Embassy Building Sparks Fears Of Spying In Pakistan
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11:22 AM, September 19, 2017
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US Embassy Building in Islamabad
The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has raised objections over the new seven-storey building housing the US Embassy in Islamabad that it would allow surveillance of the government offices in its vicinity.
The AGP expressed reservations claiming that ‘the rooftop of the building could be utilized to install surveillance devices that can be used to spy government offices in the surrounding.’
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had refused to issue the No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for the construction of the seven-storey building for the embassy without the consent of the prime minister, as the authority can approve the construction of up to five-storey building in the area, the audit report was cited by Dawn News in its Tuesday report.
The report further said that the US government started building the office despite pending approval by the prime minister. “Despite pending approval by the prime minister, construction had started,” the audit report says.
The report revealed that country’s security agencies had wrote a letter to the CDA Chairman voicing objections against the building as saying the seven-story building “would overtake most of the ministries and other official buildings along the Constitution Avenue”
Failing to implement rules and “lack of oversight” caused such kind of the irregularity, the report said, adding that a meeting of the departmental accounts committee was not called despite several requests made by the AGP office.
It has been again asked the authorities concerned to hold a high-level inquiry against the construction of the building and take “appropriate corrective action”.
The building plan was approved without any objection in February by a high-level committee comprising the CDA officers and members from Planning, Emergency and Disaster Management Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners.
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/20...arks_Fears_of_Spying_in_Pakistan#.XLy6aDAzbIU
US embassy is a fort btw.
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2 foreign embassies spy on PM House: Standing committee on Internal Affairs
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Former President Asif Ali Zardari and PM Nawaz's phone had been tapped
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chairman of standing committee for internal affairs Rehman Malik claimed that 2 foreign embassies are spying on Prime Minister (PM) House. He said that former president Asif Ali Zardari and current PM Nawaz Sharif’s phone had also been tapped, reported Dunya News.
Rehman Malik presided Standing committee for internal affair’s meeting that took place in the capital.
Speaking at the occasion, Rehman Malik said that 2 embassies situated in diplomatic enclaves are spying on PM House.
He said during a meeting in 2012, signals had been detected during a conference of federal cabinet which could not be stopped and the conference came to an abrupt end as a result.
Rehman Malik said that former President Asif Ali Zardari, PM Nawaz and his own phones had been tapped in the past.
Talking about Axact fake degree scandal, Director General (DG) Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Akbar Hoti said that Axact’s fake diploma mill catered more to foreign customers than the ones in Pakistan adding that Axact had paid a fine amounting to 20 million dollars on the directions of U.S. court.
DG FIA said that Axact degrees were used to apply for jobs in sensitive sectors.
Talking informally with journalists at the occasion, DG FIA confirmed that a request had been made to Sindh government via Interior Ministry to hand over Shoaib Sheikh and others to FIA Islamabad so that investigations can be conducted.
http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/284095-2-foreign-embassies-spy-on-PM-House-Standing-comm
