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Pakistan has picked Lieutenant-General Muhammad Asim Malik as the new director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), its top spy agency, according to a security source and a local TV ...
The Inter-Services Intelligence was established in 1948. It was the brainchild of Major General Walter Cawthorn, then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army, following the First Kashmir War which had exposed weaknesses in intelligence gathering, sharing, and coordination between the army, air force, navy, Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Military Intelligence (MI).
The state emblem of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The Pakistani intelligence community (Urdu: جمیعت ہائے پاکستان برائے اشتراکِ سراغرسانی) comprises the various intelligence agencies of Pakistan that work internally and externally to manage, research and collect intelligence necessary for national security. [1]
The Director-General (DG) is head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's premier intelligence service, operationally responsible for providing critical national security and intelligence assessment to the government of Pakistan. Walter Cawthorn had conceived the idea of ISI.
On 23 September 2024, Malik was appointed to succeed Nadeem Anjum as the Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (DG ISI), with his term beginning on 30 September 2024. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] The announcement was made by the Pakistan Television Corporation , a departure from previous practice, where such appointments were typically announced by ...
In 1992, Faisal Naseer was inducted into the Pakistan Army. [2] His role in Balochistan and Sindh earned him the moniker 'super spy'. [2]During his tenure as a Brigadier in 2018, he was conferred with the Tamgha-i-Basalat, a distinguished service decoration.
The ISI have close links to the Haqqani network [67] and contribute heavily to their funding. [68] U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen in 2011 called the Haqqani network (the Afghan Taliban's most destructive element) a "veritable arm of Pakistan's ISI". [57] He further stated:
On June 24, 2021, the body held its inaugural session at the Inter-Services Intelligence's headquarters. The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan and included Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed , Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry , and the heads of the services’ intelligence agencies, specifically the Intelligence ...