<p>Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has always had a political wing, admitted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There has always been a political wing in the ISI and the prime minister and the president will be informed about the agency's policies and requirements by newly-appointed ISI chief Lt. Gen. Zahirul Islam, Mukhtar told reporters in Gujrat city in Punjab province.<br /><br />Lt. Gen. Islam is to succeed Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha.<br />The minister said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would consider any proposal made by the new ISI chief about ties with the US, reported Dawn.<br /><br />Pakistan's ties with the US were strained following the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 2 last year and the NATO airstrike on two Pakistan Army checkpost that left two dozen soldiers dead in November.</p>
<p>Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has always had a political wing, admitted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There has always been a political wing in the ISI and the prime minister and the president will be informed about the agency's policies and requirements by newly-appointed ISI chief Lt. Gen. Zahirul Islam, Mukhtar told reporters in Gujrat city in Punjab province.<br /><br />Lt. Gen. Islam is to succeed Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha.<br />The minister said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would consider any proposal made by the new ISI chief about ties with the US, reported Dawn.<br /><br />Pakistan's ties with the US were strained following the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad May 2 last year and the NATO airstrike on two Pakistan Army checkpost that left two dozen soldiers dead in November.</p>