Former Indian Research and Analysis Wing and ex-Inter-Services Intelligence chief reveal secrets. Pakistan Army demands explanation from retired general. ISLAMABAD: “I have conveyed what I needed to in the book. There is nothing else to add or clarify,” said Lt. General Assad Durrani, retired spymaster of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), who stands by his statements written in the latest controversial book “taken as violation of Military Code of Conduct,” according to the Pakistan Army. The 255-page co-authored book titled, “The Spy Chronicles: RAW ISI and the Illusion of Peace,” has landed the troubled former army general in hot water, embroiled in another controversial court case exposing, admitting, asserting, assessing and making public information otherwise considered secrets of the state. “Lt. Gen. Asad Durrani, retired, being called in GHQ (Army headquarters) on May 28. Will be asked to explain his position on views attributed to him in book ‘Spy Chronicles’. Attribution taken as violation of Military Code of Conduct applicable on all serving and retired military personnel,” tweeted army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor late Friday evening. The book penned in a casual dialogue format between Durrani and former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Amarjit Singh Dulat, moderated by Indian journalist Aditya Sinha, reveals some startling pieces of information from not too far into the past covering disputed Kashmir, India and Pakistan’s tense relations, spies and clandestine agencies, politics and heads of states, to doctrines, Afghanistan, Russia, the US, and Bin Laden. The unsubstantiated revelations, whether true, exaggerated, or false, also caught political attention. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, speaking to reporters outside the accountability court where he has been battling corruption cases since his disqualification, said: “An NSC (National Security Committee) meeting should be convened to discuss the threats that come with Durrani’s new book with a former RAW chief. The revelations in the book call for the NSC.” Security and political analyst (retired) Lt. Gen. Talat Masood gives Durrani the benefit of the doubt on information the former spymaster has made public in the book. “I think he still has connections with the ISI because of the way he has been communicating with his counterpart in India. He’s been having dinner and drinks with him (Dulat) and his participation in track two dialogue with him, you can gauge the level of cooperation,” Masood told Arab News. He claimed to have knowledge of certain meetings attended by Durrani and other prominent ex-military officials of India and Pakistan, adding that this does not happen without support from powerful quarters. It’s difficult to conceal secrets in Pakistan, whether the leaks come from the army or civil personnel, said Masood, who said: “There is hardly any punishment for writing anything which contravenes the official secret act." It"s a liberty taken for gaining importance and make a book sellable, he concluded.