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'''A Mighty Heart,''' 2007 drama film adaptation of [[Mariane Pearl]]'s memoir of the same name is based on the detailed account of the search for kidnapped [[Wall Street Journal]] reporter [[Daniel Pearl]] in 2002 by [[Sindh Police]] and Military Intelligence (Sindh). Versatile Pakistani actor [[Adnan Siddiqui]] played the role of MI counter-terrorism officer. |
'''A Mighty Heart,''' 2007 drama film adaptation of [[Mariane Pearl]]'s memoir of the same name is based on the detailed account of the search for kidnapped [[Wall Street Journal]] reporter [[Daniel Pearl]] in 2002 by [[Sindh Police]] and Military Intelligence (Sindh). Versatile Pakistani actor [[Adnan Siddiqui]] played the role of MI counter-terrorism officer. |
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Revision as of 19:18, 3 August 2018
| Corps of Military Intelligence (Pakistan) | |||||
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| Active | 1948 | ||||
| Country | Pakistan | ||||
| Branch | Pakistan Army | ||||
| Type | Intelligence | ||||
| Role | To meet the requirements of tactical and strategic intelligence of Pakistan Army | ||||
| Garrison/HQ | GHQ, Rawalpindi | ||||
| Nickname(s) | MI | ||||
| Motto(s) | Khabeer-o-Baseer | ||||
| Colors | Jet Black, White, Battleship Grey | ||||
| Engagements | Anti-dacoit operation, Soviet–Afghan War, Operation Clean-up, War on Terror | ||||
| Decorations | Sitara-e-Basalat , Tamgha-e-Basalat , Imtaizi Asnad | ||||
| Commanders | |||||
| Director General | Major General Syed Asim Munir | ||||
The Corps of Military Intelligence, (CMI) known as "Military Intelligence" or "MI", is the intelligence arm of the Pakistan Army. It is headquartered at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan and headed by a serving two-star Director General (DG).
Despite of the being the intelligence wing of army, the MI along with Inter-Services Intelligence (foreign intelligence agency) and Intelligence Bureau (security service) forms the core of Pakistan’ s intelligence community .
The MI is composed entirely of uniformed Army officers and soldiers whose primary mission is to determine the military capability and any other information related to, military forces of hostile and/or neighboring countries. Besides this, it is also tasked with gathering offensive trans-frontier and counter-intelligence, identifying and eliminating sleeper cells, foreign agents, countering insurgencies and other anti-state elements within Pakistan, including investigation of military espionage.[1]
Historical overview
In 1942, the British government created Intelligence Corps with Headquarters at Karachi for undivided India to train Junior Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Officers in performing intelligence duties. The Corps’ instructional cadre consisted of British officers. On independence in 1947, the British, while leaving, destroyed all records of Intelligence Corps. Pakistan, at independence on 14 August 1947, inherited a small Intelligence Corps comprising of 139 all ranks including 10, 27 Junior Commissioned Officers and 102 soldiers. The Intelligence Corps was therefore disbanded in 1948 due to its small size. [2]
In 1965, raising of Corps of Military Intelligence was proposed by Yahya War Committee but no practical step could be taken in this regard. In 1979, Brigadier (later Lieutenant General) Hamid Gul, Director Military Intelligence conceived and gave the idea of raising the Corps of Military Intelligence and was promoted and appointed its first two-star Director General when the Corps was raised on 1st July 1982. [3]
Permanent induction of Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Non Commissioned Officers into Corps of Military Intelligence commenced in 1990 . The induction of young soldiers from all arms and services into Corps of Military Intelligence commenced in 2011.
School of Military Intelligence
Established in 1941, the School of Military Intelligence (SMI) is located in the mountain resort town of Murree, some 50 km northeast of Islamabad at an altitude of about 6,800 above feet above sea level with weather ranging between -5°C to 20°C. Officers who volunteer for CMI undergo training at SMI to master the art of espionage and counterintelligence. [4]
Training at SMI
The school train Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers, Soldiers (both hard and soft core) and their equivalents from defence services and allied foreign countries in all aspects of intelligence craft for employment on field and staff duties.
Till date, the school has trained various foreign trainees from more than 22 countries.
Courses & Duration
Intelligence Staff Course – 22 weeks [4]
- The course is designed to impart advance training of hard-core intelligence disciplines blended with contemporary intelligence requirements in the obtaining international/ regional security environments.
Officers’ Basic Intelligence Course – 12 weeks [4]
- The course is designed to impart basic intelligence training to officers from all arms and advance training of hardcore intelligence disciplines to officers from Corps of Military Intelligence/ Foreign Countries in Security, Counter Intelligence, Counter Terrorism Intelligence, Clandestine Operations, Battle Intelligence, Technical Intelligence and analytical abilities.
Officers’ Advance Intelligence Course – 12 weeks [4]
- The course is designed to impart advance training of hardcore intelligence disciplines military intelligence officers of defence service and foreign Countries for employment on field intelligence duties including operational, counterintelligence and counter-terrorism intelligence.
Special courses of 2-4 weeks of Counter-terrorism Intelligence, Counterintelligence, Technical Intelligence, Cyber Intelligence, Negotiation and Interrogation are also conducted.
Organization
The CMI is headed by a Director General who is a serving two-star officer in Pakistan Army. He along with Director General (Military Operations) comes under the direct command of Chief of General Staff; the most powerful three-star officer in the army but due to sensitivity of his appointment, the DGMI reports directly to the Chief of Army Staff. He together with DG ISI are intelligence advisers in Pakistan's National Security Council.
The MI has six provincial directorates in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir as all these provinces share border with Pakistan's neighboring countries. Each directorate is headed by an officer of the rank of Brigadier general. All the appointed officers and enlisted personnel are from the Army.
The MI works in coordination with Air Intelligence (AI) of the Pakistan Air Force and Naval Intelligence (NI) of the (Pakistan Navy). The MI also keeps a close eye on the activities of officers within the Pakistan Army.[5]
Martyrs and Awardees
Sitara-i-Basalat
- Major Ali Salman Nasir embraced martyrdom along with his team on 9 August 2017 while conducting an intelligence based operation against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorist hideout in Dir when one of the suicide bombers present in hideout exploded himself while the other one got killed in exchange of fire. One terrorist was apprehended during the operation. [6]
- Naib Subedar Naseem Khan embraced martyrdom due to multiple injuries inflicted by miscreants while performing security duties in operation area along western borders on 6 June 2011.
Tamgha-i-Basalat [7]
- Havildar Raoof Khan embraced martyrdom during an Intelligence operation against Al-Qaida at Kohat on 3 July 2002.
- Havildar Anwar All embraced martyrdom while undertaking intelligence operation in Sindh on 15 April 2001.
- Havildar Amjad Khan embraced martyrdom during an intelligence operation conducted against miscreants in Jhelum on 12 Novermber 2011.
- Havildar Mazhar Abbas embraced martyrdom during an intelligence operation conducted against miscreants in Jhelum on 12 November 2011.
Col Sohail Abid second-in-command of Military Intelligence Baluchistan embraced martyrdom while leading intelligence based operation against a high-value target Salman Badeni, Baluchistan head of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Badeini along with two other terrorists, involved in the killings of more than 100 innocent people of Hazara community and police personnel were successfully eliminated in the operation by Col Abid. [8]
Apprehended Spies
Sarabjit Singh
The 27-year old Sarabjit Singh was an operative of R&AW, apprehended by Military Intelligence (Lahore) in August 1990. Indian authorities maintained that he is innocent and claimed that the youth astrayed and crossed international border under the influence of alcohol. Sarabjit was arrested on charges of carrying out four bombings in Faisalabad, Multan and Lahore which killed 14 Pakistani citizens and he was later sentenced to death by Lahore High Court. [9]
Sarabjit was fatally assaulted on April 26, 2013, by two fellow prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail. He was critically wounded and succumbed to injuries on May 2, 2013. The Indian government conducted a state funeral after his body was brought back to India by his family members. [10]
After Sarabjit’s demise, his brother-in-law Baldev Singh made startling revelations. He said that Sarabjit indeed worked for R&AW and that his wife, Dalbir Kaur is not Sarabjit’s real sister. India used her for furtherance of their objectives. During this time, she continued to receive pension from R&AW and after Singh’s death, she joined politics whereas Baldev was sent to prison. [11]
Notable Director Generals
- Lieutenant General Hamid Gul, HI(M), SBt
- Lieutenant General Mohammad Asad Durrani, HI(M)
- Lieutenant General Ali Kuli Khan Khattak, HI(M)
- Lieutenant General Mahmud Ahmed, HI(M)
- General Ehsan ul Haq, NI(M), HI(M), OKA, LOH
- General Tariq Majid, NI(M), HI(M)
- Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj, HI(M)
- Lieutenant-General Sarfraz Sattar
In Popular Culture and Literature
A Mighty Heart, 2007 drama film adaptation of Mariane Pearl's memoir of the same name is based on the detailed account of the search for kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 by Sindh Police and Military Intelligence (Sindh). Versatile Pakistani actor Adnan Siddiqui played the role of MI counter-terrorism officer.
London School of Economics alumni Sheikh Omar Saeed, a British-born terrorist originally recruited by British intelligence agency, MI6 was named the chief suspect in conjunction with the Pearl kidnapping. The Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped, had his throat slit, and then been beheaded.
See also
References
- ^ "Military Intelligence". globalsecurity.org. Global Security.org. 2000. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
- ^ Pakistan Army Museum. Ministry of Defence http://www.pakarmymuseum.com/exhibits/history-of-corps-of-military-intelligence/. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Ex-DG ISI Gen Hamid Gul dies". The News. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "School of Military intelligence" (PDF). Pakistan Army.
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- ^ Haq, Ahmadul (August 9, 2017). "Four military men martyred in Upper Dir raid". The Express Tribune.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Awardees - CMI". Pakistan Army Museum. April 2, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Military Intelligence Colonel Sohail Abid embraces martyrdom in counter terrorism operation". Times of Islamabad. May 17, 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Khan, Ismail (May 7, 2013). "Ex-RAW man confirms Indian spy role: Money was Sarabjit's motive: ex-MI official". Dawn.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Correspondent, Staff (May 6, 2013). "Source says Sarabjit Singh was a RAW agent". Dawn.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Online, Voice (August 4, 2013). "Dalbir Kaur not Sarabjit's sister, alleges estranged husband". Voice Online.
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