Pakistani spy refused home in Canada
By TOM GODFREY, QMI Agency
TORONTO - A Pakistani spy who kept an eye on Canadians, Americans and other foreigners abroad has lost a battle to make this country his home. Haroon Peer, a Danish citizen, was refused permanent residency in this country following a sponsorship bid by his Canadian-born wife to bring him here. The couple were married in 2002 and have three Canadian-born kids.
Peer, who now lives in Dubai, said he wanted to resettle here with his family to escape the "current instability in Pakistan." He was turned down because of his 1995 to 2004 work for three Pakistani intelligence agencies that included the Corps of Military Intelligence (CMI), the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI), according to Federal Court of Canada documents.
The notorious CMI is responsible for counter-insurgency operations in Pakistan. Its officers monitor military and political leaders and eliminate sleeper cells, foreign agents and other threats inside Pakistan. Peer appealed the August 2009 rejection to the Federal Court which last month upheld the travel ban.
"The Canadian High Commission in Islamabad flagged this disclosure as a possible source of inadmissability," Justice Russel Zinn said in a July 19 decision.
Peer told Canadian immigration officials he spied on Indian, Israeli and American intelligence personnel and services in Pakistan.
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