A late-night press release issued by the Press Information Department (PID), however, tried to backtrack. It said that the notification regarding the ISI had been “misunderstood” and that the ISI would remain under the prime minister. It tried to highlight that part of the notification which enjoined “cooperation between the interior ministry and the ISI for matters like war against terror and internal security”. This indicates a certain element of jitters and lack of consensus within the establishment. It seemed to justify the comment made by some insiders that “things will remain the way they are”.
De facto, the ISI is a military body more controlled by and answerable to the chief of the army staff (COAS) than the prime minister, who has traditionally said yes to the appointment of an army officer picked by the COAS as the ISI chief. When, in rare cases, the prime minister has chosen the DG-ISI on his/her own, as Benazir Bhutto did in her first stint in power and Nawaz Sharif did in his first and second stint in power, things have not gone smoothly between the civilians and the military.
http://newageislam.com/pakistan--taming-of-the-isi?/islam-and-politics/d/342
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