The Pakistani intelligence community (Urdu: جمیعت ہائے پاکستان برائے اشتراکِ سراغرسانی) comprises the various intelligence agencies of Pakistan that work internally and externally to manage, research and collect intelligence necessary for national security.[1] Consolidated intelligence organizations include the personnel and members of the intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis directorates operationalized under the executive ministries of the government of Pakistan.[2]
A number of intelligences services are active working on varied intelligence programs including the collection and production of foreign and domestic intelligence, contribute to military planning, and perform espionage.[3] The best known intelligence services are the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Military Intelligence (MI) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).[4]
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- ^ "Pakistan intelligence agencies". Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Tirmazi., Syed A.I. (1995). Profiles of Intelligence. Lahore, Pakistan: Book publishing in Pakistan. p. 423. OL 955192M.
- ^ Katz, Samuel M. (2003). Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda terrorists. Forge Publications. ISBN 1466825243.