CIA chief returns, series of allegations upon Pakistan continue

CIA chief returns, series of allegations upon Pakistan continue
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As the CIA station chief appointed in Pakistan returned, The US officials initiated a new series of allegations upon Pakistan.The US officials told a local newspaper that the station chief's identity was revealed this week in a legal complaint by a Pakistani lawyer on behalf of clients who are relatives of individuals who died in suspected US drone attacks. Where as the lawyer Mirza Shahzad has said that Chief withdrew just to avoid the court.Talking to the local newspaper New York Times, the US officials claimed that CIA station chief's identity is suspected to have been deliberately blown by the ISI apparently in retaliation for naming of the Pakistan intelligence agency chief in a law suit in the US by families of 26/11 Mumbai attack victims. US officials also said that the CIA station chief had received a number of death threats since being publicly identified in a legal complaint sent to the Pakistani police this week by the family of victims of a drone attack.Pakistani high officials when spoke to New York Times, said that there is nothing like this and lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar also rejected these allegations and exclaimed that CIA station chief went just to avoid the courts; where as US officials have completely denied this statement.
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