Nadeem Anjum succeeded Faiz Hameed as DG ISI on November 20, 2021 when the latter was posted as Corps Commander, Peshawar…reports Asian Lite News
Director General (DG) of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum, has been granted extension in service, media reports said.
A summary in this respect was approved late on Thursday, The News reported.
Earlier, Director General (DG) of Intelligence Bureau (IB), Fuad Asadullah, was retained in December last year when now-former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif granted him an extension of three years, a week before his retirement, the report said.
Nadeem Anjum succeeded Faiz Hameed as DG ISI on November 20, 2021 when the latter was posted as Corps Commander, Peshawar.
Earlier, he was Commander of Karachi Corps where he had served since his promotion to three-star general in September 2019.
A native of Mohra Sheikhan, Gujjar Khan, Anjum was commissioned in September 1988 and belongs to Pakistan Military Academy’s 78th Long Course. He is from the Punjab Regiment.
Nadeem has served at various important positions right from the restive parts of Federally Administered Tribal Area, now merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to Balochistan and at the Line of Control. He commanded a brigade in Kurram Agency and headed Frontier Constabulary, Balochistan as its Inspector General, The News reported.
He graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom and obtained a masters degree from the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies in Honolulu, USA.
As against Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed who was fond of publicity, Anjum forbade the PMO from releasing his photos. Once a picture was photoshopped to take him out of the photo during a lun
Imran Khan’s imprisonment following conviction in a corruption case is being projected as “custodial torture” and the “Death of Democracy.” The Army is portrayed as an alleged engineer of the country’s political and electoral processes.… writes Dr Sakariya Kareem
A no-holds-barred campaign abroad against the Pakistani elite, run at the behest of and on behalf of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is hurting the country, adding to its reputation as an unstable polity under social and economic stress.
The principal target is the Pakistan Army whose reputation is being sullied, not as a military but as an alleged engineer of the country’s political and electoral processes. Khan’s imprisonment following conviction in a corruption case is being projected as “custodial torture” and the “Death of Democracy”.
The man being attacked is the army chief, General Syed Asim Munir, whom Khan had scuttled when in power and opposed even later. A protégé-turned-adversary, Khan divided the top military ranks till Munir resorted to ‘cleansing’ his stable. But there is no clear estimation of Khan’s popularity among the top and middle brass and more importantly, Pakistan’s growing middle class.
The campaign is proving formidable for the ‘establishment’ since it is located beyond the country’s borders, in the Western world, notably the United States and the United Kingdom, where the army has, since the birth of Pakistan in 1947, carved a niche in the strategic calculus of how the West views South Asia.
The West is wary of Pakistan because of the latter’s growing alliance and dependence upon China, but old ties and Pakistan’s geopolitical location compel it to keep wooing the country.
Watching the situation closely, the US and the UK are careful not to take sides despite pressures from their vocal Pakistani diasporas. Those in the US have been lobbying with American lawmakers with fair success, analysts say. The arrest of Imran Khan is Pakistan’s “internal matter”, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on August 7, declining to take a position on Khan’s legal troubles. A frequent U.S. critic, he had accused Washington of hatching a ‘conspiracy’ to oust him. A cypher message from the then-Pakistani envoy in Washington, based on talks with Donald Lu of the US State Department that Khan had flaunted on being ousted, continues to fan the controversy.
Certain of being imprisoned, Khan switched strategy and turned his supporters abroad into campaigners against his “human rights violations.” A former cricketing hero and a part of the British elite (he once married a British heiress), Khan has cultivated Pakistanis abroad for many years. It is now paying dividends.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists organized a conference in Washington DC and during this conference, the US Government was asked why a lifeline of 3 billion dollars was given to Pakistan – referring to the IMF standby agreement signed by Pakistan.” This is hurting cash-starved Pakistan which, in need of a USD 33 billion bailout, is lobbying feverishly with the IMF.
“We are not witnessing the first campaign launched by the PTI against the Pakistan Army and surely not the last one, Tariq Aqil writes in The Friday Times (August 26, 2023), warning that “We are not witnessing the first campaign launched by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against Pakistan Army and surely not the last one.”
PTI unveiled 1,000 billboards across the US that carry messages such as “Custodial torture – a disgrace to humanity”, “Forced disappearances of political workers” and “Death of democracy”. Ironically, Khan, as well as his army-backed predecessors, have been accused of these.
Aquil writes of “a series of interviews” of Khan by lobbying groups “for putting pressure on – or at least creating a justification – for the US Department of State, the Congress and the Biden Administration to talk about Khan’s situation in Pakistan and to raise more funds for families of arrested persons – as well as for further advertisement in Europe and North America targeting the Pakistan Army.”
“PTI is also working to arrange money for visits of foreign journalists to Pakistan, who then would produce reports in favour of Imran Khan. The party has very successfully managed to recruit an army of social media warriors and launched a vicious campaign against the military. In fact, social media experts in the US and the UK are now waging a relentless media war against the Pakistani military and all those who dare to oppose Imran Khan in Pakistan.”
Well beyond the reach of the Pakistan Government or even Khan, “the social media soldiers of the PTI are more loyal to the throne than the king himself.”
A prominent campaigner in the US, Sajjad Burki claimed that they have the support of 86 US Congressmen who may lobby for a resolution and a debate condemning the Pakistan government, and this is worrying the latter. For Islamabad, this is unprecedented coming from the diasporas.
When a Khalistan militant fails to further their agenda, they meet a grim end, leading us to ponder whether the slaying of Khalistan activists is an attempt to rid Pakistan of burdensome relics of the past….writes Antariksh Singh
Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan’s simmering rivalry with India has been persistent and pernicious. Its desire to see India destabilized has manifested in continuous attempts to undermine India, most conspicuously embodied in its ‘Bleed India with a thousand cuts’ strategy.
A conspicuous cog in this ongoing plot has been the deployment of Khalistani militants, who have been instrumental in Pakistan’s machinations since the 1980s.
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has incessantly sought to exploit Sikh militancy, either by dispatching these insurgents into India, complete with weaponry and explosives, or by providing them refuge to design and execute malevolent schemes.
Paramjit Singh Panjwar
Contrary to popular belief, however, these Sikh militants are not living lavish lives in Pakistan but are instead shackled in gilded cages, their existence monitored by the ISI, and their actions governed by its will.
The leading figures of Sikh militant groups, including Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), Dal Khalsa International (DKI), and Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF), currently reside in Pakistan. Yet, their safety is far from assured. Recent incidents, such as the assassination of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) Chief, Paramjit Singh Panjwad, and the death of Harvinder Singh Rinda, a gangster-turned-terrorist, underscore the precarious nature of their existence.
Logo of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence organization(wikipedia)
It is undeniable that Pakistan, specifically its ISI, has no genuine concern for the welfare of Khalistan and Sikh militants. Their primary intent is to foment instability within India by exploiting these individuals. When a militant fails to further their agenda, they meet a grim end, leading us to ponder whether the slaying of Khalistan activists is an attempt to rid Pakistan of burdensome relics of the past.
In a renewed effort to incite terrorism in Punjab, Pakistan is cunningly seeking to provoke Sikh youth under the guise of Khalistan. Certain Khalistani factions abroad are orchestrating this under the direction of the ISI. The financial fuel for these terror activities is procured through drug trafficking, converting these militants into unwilling drug peddlers. This tragic irony taints Sikhism, a faith vehemently opposed to drug abuse, and tortures the militants mentally, compelling them to ensnare their youth in the addiction abyss.
Further illustrating its indifference towards the religious norms of Sikh militants, Pakistan imposed restrictions on Sikh participation in the funeral of Paramjit Singh Panjwad. Similar restrictions were placed on other militants, denying them the freedom to leave Pakistan or even meet their families during significant personal events.
Paramjit Singh Panjwar
Had these Khalistani leaders faced justice in India, they might have been afforded opportunities to openly meet their families, even if incarcerated. Their release, upon completion of their sentences, would have been a possibility. Sadly, those who have crossed the border face an unending struggle with isolation and manipulation.
Once perceived as the lifeline of the Khalistani movement that sprouted in the 1980s, Pakistan’s facade has gradually crumbled. The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (PSGPC), a puppet in the hands of ISI, uses Sikhism as a tool to create divisions within India, demonstrating complete indifference towards the faith and its followers residing in Pakistan.
Sikh militants seeking refuge in Pakistan have remained silent about the treatment of Sikhs in Pakistan, forced conversions, attacks on Gurdwaras, and the dwindling Sikh population. Their silence is a testament to the reality of their existence – suppressed, manipulated, isolated, and discarded when no longer deemed useful. Pakistan’s handling of these militants serves as a stark reminder of its relentless pursuit of destabilizing India, even at the cost of human dignity and lives.
The indifference and pain of these Sikh militants, who are serving a kind of imprisonment in Pakistan, have been described by Gajinder Singh, the leader of the Dal Khalsa, in his latest poem:
Dard tan jhelna hai eh Jalavatni kaho jan jail Eh hai tan umar bhar da khel Khel tan khelna hai eh Dard tan jhelna hai eh Sade hisse dard jhelna hi aaya hai Dard kehna/dasna/sanjha karna nahi aaya Kehn nu tan mere kol bahut kujh hai Par kujh kehn nalon sehna bahut aukha hunda hai, par asi sehna hai. Par ik gal jaroor kehni chahanga, asi eh dard maan nal jhal rahe han te jhalange
After temples, Khalistanis target Indian consulate in Brisbane.
Khalistani Chief Panjwar, who was given a large amount of funds to resurrect Khalistani sentiments in India, had failed to do, which led to him being declared as an entity who had lost his use and hence become expendable….writes Abhinandan Mishra
A senior retired decorated Pakistan Army officer has confirmed how the Pakistan Army and its intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was funding, supporting Khalistani armed groups in India and facilitating the entry of drugs and fake Indian currency notes into India.
On 6 May, hours after the absconding chief of Khalistani Commando Force, Paramjit Singh Panjwar, who was given a new identity under the name of Malik Sardar Singh by ISI, was gunned down in Lahore, Major (Retired) Aadil Farooq Raja on his much followed YouTube channel attacked the Pakistan military and the ISI for not being able to protect Panjwar.
As per Raja, who has long ties with the Army, going back three generations, Panjwar was killed in the heart of Lahore in what he claimed was an operation that was executed by the Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW).
However, independent investigation done by The Sunday Guardian, indicates that Panjwar, who was given a large amount of funds to resurrect Khalistani sentiments in India, had failed to do, which led to him being declared as an entity who had lost his use and hence become expendable.
Informed sources told The Sunday Guardian that this money that Panjwar received had come through people suspected to have connections with the Chinese intelligence agency, Minister of State Security (MSS). However, his failure to do what he had committed led to his violent death. Panjwar was a key player in the “K2 project” of ISI and MSS. The K2 project refers to the joint coordination of ISI-MSS to spread disturbance in Kashmir and propagate Khalistani sentiments in Punjab.
Raja, in his “live” telecast, provided details that have not come out in the public domain until now. According to him, Panjwar was provided two gunmen as bodyguard who managed to kill one of the two assailants, while injuring the other. The assailants had come on a motorbike to carry out the attack even as the 50-year-old Panjwar was taking his routine morning walk outside his home at Sunflower Housing society of Lahore.
At least ten of Raja’s cousins are still serving in the Army and all his course mates are working in the position of lieutenant general and above and hence the pool from where he collects his information is quite large.
To be sure, R&AW has never claimed in the past or is unlikely to do in the near present, responsibility for any such operations that have taken place targeting proclaimed offenders and terrorists.
“His protection was the responsibility of ISI and the Army. This is a massive failure of Brigadier Rashid Naseer, who is heading ISI in Punjab, Director General of ISI Nadeem Anjum and Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir. The ISI and the Army should not have given refuge to the Khalistani commando chief if they could not protect him and they failed to protect him because either they are busy in doing politics or have backstabbed the Sikhs again,” Raja said.
According to Raja, the timing of the attack too has raised questions, as it came even as Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto was visiting India, whose mother he claimed (former PM Benazir Bhutto) shared with India the details of all the Khalistani operatives that were infiltrated by ISI in Punjab, India through marriages and other methods in December 1988.
Raja claimed that the said list was provided to Indian officials by Choudhary Aitzaz Ahsan, the 26th interior minister from December 1988 to August 1990 on the orders of Benazir.
Raja also mentioned the name of former ISI director, Shamsur Rahman Kallue who served as the agency’s ninth DG from May 1989-August 1990 as being a part of this whole Benazir Bhutto led plan, which he said was a part of the “peace initiative” that Bhutto wanted to execute with India.
Raja then went on to reveal how Panjwar came to Pakistan as the head of KCF in the 1990 and carried out many attacks in India. According to him, General Arun Kumar Vaidya, the former Chief of Indian Army, was killed by Panjwar and KCF in August 1986. Raja revealed that the Majha belt of Punjab was Panjwar’s stronghold and after the death of Vaidya, the KCF chief fled India and was given refuge in Pakistan.
Significantly, Raja mentioned about the present role that Panjwar was playing in distributing drugs in Pakistan.
“Panjwar had kept alive the KCF until now. He was the man behind ‘udta Punjab’ and he was sending the heroine to Punjab. He was the main link between handlers, drug peddlers in India and Pakistan. Panjwar used Radio Pakistan to propagate Khalistani propaganda in Pakistan and India. He was involved in drug distribution and Fake Indian Currency Trade (FICN) which was necessary as he had to raise funds to keep the issue of Khalistan alive,” Raja recalled.
According to him, multiple serving Pakistani Army generals were earning money through this oil, arms, drug and FICN smuggling.
The 1978 Peshawar born Major Aadil Farooq Raja is no ordinary Pakistani Army officer. Raja, who is based in London now, is a staunch supporter of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan and a known critic of the present Pakistani military establishment.
However, it is not his present, but his past that makes his claims credible.
He is a third-generation Army soldier. His grandfather Mohammad Akbar Khan served in the 1948, 1965 and 1971 wars with India. He became a prisoner of war (PoW) for four years before he was released by India. Khan, who had four sons, shifted to Canada after his release.
All his four sons later joined the Pakistani military. Two of his sons, including the father of Aadil Farooq Raja joined the Army. Of the remaining two, one son joined the Air Force, while the youngest son joined the Navy.
Raja’s maternal uncle too was in Armoured Corp, his grandfather was an officer of the Intelligence Bureau and was based in London.
Adil Raja himself joined the Pakistan Army in 1996 through the 99 long courses of the Pakistan Military Academy and passed out in August 1999. He started with the 18 Horse Regiment of the Armed Corp. He served during the Kargil War and then was posted at the Siachen Glacier. He also served with the 12 Frontier Force and then as wing commander in the Khyber Rifles. He faced four IED attacks and one suicide bomber attack.
He resigned in 2015 when he was posted in the SWAT region. He was given retirement on medical reasons and for post traumatic stress disorder. While in the Army, he completed his Masters in International Relations from the University of Peshawar.
After retiring, he started working with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media and PR wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces on 5th generation warfare and constituted a team that was actively engaged in hybrid war against Pakistan’s adversaries.
For three years, he served as the Spokesperson of the Pakistan Ex Servicemen Society from which he resigned on 19 April 2018. His house was then raided by the ISI on 21 April 2022 after which he shifted to London. The Sunday Guardian reached out to Raja for a response on his claims, but no response was received till the time the story went to print.
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This smuggling network has allegedly fueled the Khalistan movement and played a key role in the formation and operation of narco-terrorism.
A recent interview between retired Pakistani military officers Colonel Akbar Hussain and Major Adil Raja has revealed that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan operates an extensive smuggling network that involves high-ranking army officers.
This network has allegedly fueled the Khalistan movement and played a key role in the formation and operation of narco-terrorism.
Colonel Akbar Hussain, in the video interview, spoke to retired Pakistani military officer and YouTuber Major Adil Raja, who provided insight into the activities of the ISI.
The intelligence agency facilitated the smuggling of drugs into India, using terrorists like Panjwad as pawns, according to Major Adil Raja.
Colonel Hussain explained that several high-ranking military officials are complicit in this illegal drug network, which reflects poorly on the battalion units and dishonours the Pakistani flag.
Major Adil Raja also alleged that the ISI raises funds under the guise of black operations, which are then misappropriated or used to finance smuggling and contraband networks.
He claims that Panjwad, under ISI protection, supplied illegal arms and drugs to India from across the border. The intelligence agency relied on Panjwad to escalate Khalistani separatism in Punjab and orchestrate terrorist attacks, such as the 1999 bomb blast near the Chandigarh passport office.
Panjwad, who was known as Malik Sardar Singh in Lahore, was ultimately gunned down by unidentified assailants on May 6, 2023, in Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan, and his organization, the KCF, was designated as a terrorist group by the Indian government in July 2020.
Major Adil Raja also alleged that the Pakistani army employed actresses as honey traps. Pakistani actress Sajal Aly has since responded to these defamatory allegations on social media.
Additionally, Major Adil Raja accused the ISI of tracking him and attempting to hack his virtual presence last month.
The Gulzar Imam story: ISI acknowledges today what everyone else knew last year.(photo:IN)
That Imam was in Pakistani custody was known since September 2022, reports Rahul Kumar
Pakistani spy agency ISI has finally revealed after months of speculation what was known all along – that Gulzar Imam, founder of the Baloch National Army (BNA), is under Pakistan’s arrest.
However, it hid the information that people wanted confirmation about – how and where was Imam arrested and with whose operational support.
On Friday, the spy agency’s public relations wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), published a media statement on its website: “In a high profile and a successful Intelligence Operation, Lead Intelligence Agency successfully apprehended a High Value Target (HVT) Gulzar Imam alias Shambay. He has been a hardcore militant as well as founder and leader of the banned outfit Baloch National Army (BNA) which came into being after amalgamation of Baloch Republican Army (BRA) and United Baloch Army (UBA). BNA had been responsible for dozens of violent terrorist attacks in Pakistan including attacks on Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) Installations in Panjgur and Noshki.”
That Imam was in Pakistani custody was known since September 2022. It was widely known among Baloch circles and Pakistani journalists that Imam had been trapped and arrested with help from a friendly Muslim country in Europe. What was not known was how and where he was arrested.
In September 2022, even Imam’s organisation BNA, had refused to comment on his capture. The other Baloch organisations also kept quiet, fuelling rumours.
The BNA finally revealed in November that chief Gulzar Imam was in the custody of Pakistani intelligence agencies. It still did not mention when, where or how was Imam arrested. The BNA also said that it is conducting investigations and it will find out the culprits involved in Imam’s capture.
Various Baloch sources, including ones in Europe, had told India Narrative that internally it was known that Imam had been arrested possibly around May 2022 but the entire action around his arrest had been kept a top secret. Other sources had said that he was arrested around August-September 2022.
Speculation said that Imam was lured to Afghanistan where he was captured by spy agencies in the Pakistani embassy. His travel documents were prepared and he was asked to travel to Turkey, where he was arrested and transferred to Pakistan.
Another report had claimed that he was arrested in Turkey after he arrived there from Iran after having crossed the Pakistan-Iran border. Yet another rumour said that he had been detained in the Balkan region in a collaborative operation between Pakistani spy agencies and a friendly Muslim nation.
The ISPR in its statement said that Imam was a deputy to Brahamdagh Bugti in the Baloch Republican Army (BRA) and was “also instrumental in formation of Baloch Raji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) and remained its Operational Head”.
The spy agency has said that Imam has visited Afghanistan and India and those links are being investigated.
The ISPR statement does hint at the complexity of the operation through which Imam was captured. “He was apprehended after an innovatively conceived, carefully planned and meticulously executed operation, spanned over months over various geographical locations,” says the spy agency.
The Baloch have been running an ethnic insurgency against Pakistan, seeking independence on historical and economic grounds. The community says that it was an independent nation which was forcefully taken over by the Pakistani army in March 1948, soon after India’s independence.
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Pak defence minister said an agenda was ruthlessly pushed against the then Nawaz Sharif government
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif insists that former spy master Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed played a key role in removing Nawaz Sharif from premiership, local media reported.
Asif feigned ignorance about any investigation related to Gen Hameed’s brothers, as opposed to the claims made by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Samaa TV reported.
The defence minister said if party leader Maryam Nawaz has made any comments about the probes, she must have some information.
He said a lot of evidence has come into the public domain that a process had started during Nawaz Sharif’s prime ministership.
An agenda was ruthlessly pushed against the then Nawaz Sharif government, Samaa TV reported.
Asif also alleged that Lt Gen (retd) Hameed played a key role in removing Nawaz Sharif, and bringing PTI chief Imran Khan to power.
He added that Khan’s wishes were implemented by the former spy chief.
“We are talking about the accountability of a former soldier,” Asif stressed, Samaa TV reported.
He alleged that the 2018 elections were engineered, people were imprisoned and punished.
If Khan was honest, he remarked, the country would have gone on the path of development. He further said if Khan had admitted that the army was neutral, there would have been an improvement in country’s affairs.
He claimed Khan wanted Hameed to remain the chief of the premier intelligence agency, and wanted to appoint him the army chief, Samaa TV reported.
He taunted that PTI Chairman could make anyone his “political godfather” for personal gains.
Logo of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence organization(wikipedia)
It is widely perceived in Pakistan that politicians need the military’s backing to come to power, but many now fear that bureaucrats could also need the same support for their appointment and postings…..reports Asian Lite News
Pakistani politicians and activists have raised fears about the military increasing its control over the country’s public life after the new prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, gave the ISI spy agency vetting power over civil service appointments.
The move has placed the verification and screening of government officials in charge of postings, appointments and promotions in ISI hands, leading to concerns of a shrunken civilian space.
Pakistan’s powerful military, which ruled the country directly for three decades, and its premier intelligence agency have a long history of meddling in politics and controlling politicians.
It is widely perceived in Pakistan that politicians need the military’s backing to come to power, but many now fear that bureaucrats could also need the same support for their appointment and postings.
“If we keep in mind Pakistan’s history of takeovers and the sway that military has over our politics, this decision will weaken civil bureaucracy and compromise their independence,” said senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar. “We have shot ourselves in the foot and it’s a decision worth reconsidering,” The Guardian reported.
Raza Rabbani, the former chair of the senate, called Sharif’s decision an attack on the constitution. “The concept of civilian supremacy is tarnishing,” he said.
Before ousting the former prime minister, Imran Khan, in a no-confidence vote in April, opposition parties now in power had criticised the military for its meddling in politics, rigging elections and bringing Khan into office.
Ayesha Siddiqa, an author and expert on military affairs of Pakistan, said it was depressing that none of the senior leadership of the major political parties had condemned Sharif’s move, The Guardian reported.
“The government’s notification has legalised military intelligence’s power over other institutions,” she said. “At the same time [it has] sown seeds for a long-term disempowerment of the political class to strengthen its position and that of the parliament to weaken the military’s control over politics.”
They also expressed their best wishes on his new assignment as the Peshawar Corps Commander…reports Asian Lite News
The Director-General of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, on Thursday held separate farewell meetings with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad, The News reported.
In the farewell meetings, both Imran Khan and Qureshi appreciated the efforts and services of Faiz Hameed as ISI DG.
They also expressed their best wishes on his new assignment as the Peshawar Corps Commander, the report said.
A day earlier, the Hameed paid a farewell visit to Pakistan President Arif Alvi at the President House, where Alvi too appreciated the efforts and services of Hameed as ISI DG for the country’s security.
Hameed will serve as ISI DG till November 19, after which Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum will take charge of the post on November 20, the report said.
Lt Gen Anjum was appointed the new ISI DG by Imran Khan on October 26.
“The Prime Minister has seen and approved the appointment of Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum as Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence with effect from November 20, from the panel of officers at Para 6 of the summary,” read the notification from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, who was commissioned in service in September 1988, earlier headed Corps V in Karachi.
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Gen Anjum commanded a brigade in Kurram Agency, led Frontier Corps (North) in Balochistan and remained commandant of Command and Staff College Quetta before becoming corps commander Karachi in December 2020.
After days of speculation on October 12, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said that the authority to appoint the ISI chief lay with the prime minister, and that the set procedure would be followed for the purpose.
“The legal procedure will be followed in the appointment of the new DG ISI, for which both [Gen Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran Khan] are in agreement,” he had said, the report added.
The ongoing anti-terror operation in Poonch has indicated the preparation level of these terrorist groups, they added…reports Asian Lite News…reports Asian Lite News.
Following the recent civilian killings in the Kashmir, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is now pushing the terrorists and overground workers, as well as hybrid terrorists, to hit the security forces’ camps and posts in the valley, sources said.
The sources quoting intelligence inputs, have confirmed that the ISI has asked the handlers of terror outfits active in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) such as Lashakar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and the newly-floated ‘The Resistance Force’ to instruct its cadre to hit the security forces’ camps and posts.
They also said that some heavily-armed terrorists who might have sneaked into the valley earlier, may sprawl on security establishments, therefore, extra vigil have been instructed without any laxity.
The ongoing anti-terror operation in Poonch has indicated the preparation level of these terrorist groups, they added.
The sources also said that despite the high security apparatus that have activated in Jammu and Kashmir especially after the recent visit by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, these inputs are a matter of concern.
However, officials involved in the operations said that adequate security arrangements have been put in place to prevent untoward attempts.
“Barricades and fortified bunkers have been placed at the security forces’ camps and residential complexes have been tightened, adequate security deployments have been deployed at the entry and exit points of the cities in the Union Territory including Srinagar,” the security officials said, adding that similar arrangement have also made for defence establishments, while joint patrolling by the army and CRPF have already been intensified.
