Pakistan’s ISI chief to visit U.S. amid tensions

A Pakistani intelligence official says Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha was headed on Monday to the U.S., where he was expected to meet with the CIA chief. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media on the record.

April 11, 2011 01:35 pm | Updated 01:35 pm IST - Islamabad

A file photo of Pakistan's ISI Chief Major Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha [left] on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Gulf. AP.

A file photo of Pakistan's ISI Chief Major Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha [left] on the flight deck aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, in the Gulf. AP.

Pakistan’s spy chief is on his way to the United States as the two nations’ counterterrorism partnership is at a low point.

A Pakistani intelligence official says Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha was headed on Monday to the U.S., where he was expected to meet with the CIA chief. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media on the record.

Gen. Pasha’s Inter—Services Intelligence agency is angry and embarrassed over the case of a CIA contractor who shot and killed two Pakistanis in January.

Some reports have said the two agencies are not cooperating as closely as they once did as a result.

The CIA and the ISI have worked together on capturing Taliban and al—Qaeda militants and missile attacks along the Afghan border.

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