Major Military Reshuffle In Pakistan, ISI Gets A New DG
Anjum, who has previously served as the commander of Karachi Corps, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2019
There were rumours earlier that ISI DG, Lt General Faiz Hameed was not getting along with the Army Chief. Now in a major military reshuffle in Pakistan, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General has been replaced and Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum has been appointed as the new DG.
Lt General Faiz Hameed has relinquished his appointment as the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence and he has been appointed as the Peshawar corps commander while Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum has been made new ISI DG, as per Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Lt General Anjum, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2019 and has served as a Corps Commander.
The announcement will bring Anjum closer to becoming the next Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in Pakistan, the report said, adding that the present Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s three-year extension will come to end next year.
The appointment of the ISI Director-General is made by the prime minister only in name, the choice is always that of the Army Chief of Pakistan, as per Dawn.
The report, citing ISPR, also said that Lieutenant General Mohammad Saeed has been posted as the Karachi corps commander, Lieutenant General Nauman Mehmood has been appointed the president of the National Defence University, and Major General Asim Malik has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general as well as appointed the army’s adjutant general.
