DG ISI admits failure; seeks apology from nation

ISLAMABAD: Director General ISI, Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha Friday admitting failure in the Osama killing episode in Abbottabad, sought apology from the nation, Geo News reported. “The failure was not intentional but I admit that it was a mistake,” the ISI Chief said during the in-camera joint sitting of the parliament. On this Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar said: “Since ISI has accepted the failure, now there is need to fix the responsibility.” He demanded that there has to be some kind of reparation for everything that went wrong. Earlier, Federal Minister for Information Firdaus Ashiq Awan quoted The ISI chief as saying: “I surrenders myself before the parliament.” She said the DG ISI had accepted responsibility of the (Abbottabad) incident and he was ready to present himself for accountability at any forum including the Parliament.