<p>In the telephonic conversation, the two intelligence chiefs reportedly discussed the issue of Davis, a US official arrested for gunning down two Pakistani men in Lahore, and the status of cooperation between the CIA and the ISI, Dawn News said.<br /><br />Defence sources confirmed the conversation and said the ISI chief during his talk with Panetta expressed his reservations over covert activities of CIA operatives in Pakistan.<br />Pasha emphasised Pakistan’s security and sovereignty during the conversation, sources said, adding that the CIA will now be providing the ISI with complete records and data on all such operatives.<br /><br />However, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) refused to confirm or deny the telephonic conversation.<br /><br />On Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said cooperation between the two intelligence agencies had been scaled back because of the Davis incident.<br /><br />Davis, a US official, was arrested in Lahore Jan 27 after he shot dead two youths on a motorcycle. He claimed he acted in self-defence as the armed youngsters were trying to rob him.<br /><br />His arrest has sparked a diplomatic crisis and strained relations between the US and Pakistan. The US has threatened to withhold the $1.5 billion aid package promised to Islamabad for the war on terror.<br /><br />A senior official in Islamabad Thursday said the Davis case had strained but not broken relations between the CIA and the ISI, the daily said.<br /><br />"It’s not business as usual; it’s not open war," the official said. "Cooperation and operations together will continue at a lesser scale."</p>
<p>In the telephonic conversation, the two intelligence chiefs reportedly discussed the issue of Davis, a US official arrested for gunning down two Pakistani men in Lahore, and the status of cooperation between the CIA and the ISI, Dawn News said.<br /><br />Defence sources confirmed the conversation and said the ISI chief during his talk with Panetta expressed his reservations over covert activities of CIA operatives in Pakistan.<br />Pasha emphasised Pakistan’s security and sovereignty during the conversation, sources said, adding that the CIA will now be providing the ISI with complete records and data on all such operatives.<br /><br />However, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) refused to confirm or deny the telephonic conversation.<br /><br />On Thursday, Pakistani intelligence officials said cooperation between the two intelligence agencies had been scaled back because of the Davis incident.<br /><br />Davis, a US official, was arrested in Lahore Jan 27 after he shot dead two youths on a motorcycle. He claimed he acted in self-defence as the armed youngsters were trying to rob him.<br /><br />His arrest has sparked a diplomatic crisis and strained relations between the US and Pakistan. The US has threatened to withhold the $1.5 billion aid package promised to Islamabad for the war on terror.<br /><br />A senior official in Islamabad Thursday said the Davis case had strained but not broken relations between the CIA and the ISI, the daily said.<br /><br />"It’s not business as usual; it’s not open war," the official said. "Cooperation and operations together will continue at a lesser scale."</p>