RAWALPINDI: Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed as the new chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
According to the report, he will assume his new responsibility on the 30th of September. He is currently serving as Adjutant General in GHQ.
Lt. Gen. Mohammad Asim Malik will replace the current ISI chief, Lt. Gen. Nadeem Anjum, who was appointed in 2021 by the then Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Lt. Gen. Asim Malik has previously commanded an infantry division in Balochistan and an infantry brigade in Waziristan. Lt. Gen. Asim has also received the sword of honor at the end of his course and has served in the Directorate of Military Operations before this.
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The new DG ISI is also the son of former commander of Pakistan Army’s 10 Corps, Lt. Gen. Ghulam Muhammad Malik, who, since his retirement in 1995, has been building hospitals and medical facilities for the poor in various parts of Pakistan.
Besides that, Gen Malik has also served as the chief instructor at the National Defence University in Islamabad and as an instructor at the Command and Staff College Quetta.
The military officer is a graduate of Fort Leavenworth in the United States and the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, the statement added.
Since 1971, ISI has been officially headed by a serving three-star general of the Pakistan Army, appointed by the Prime Minister on the recommendation of the Army Chief, who recommends three officers for the post. The Director General of ISI reports directly to the Prime Minister and the Chief of Army Staff.
