Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence

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Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Nadeem Anjum (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum
since 20 November 2021
Inter-Services Intelligence
AbbreviationDG ISI
Member of National Security Council
Residence Chaklala, Rawalpindi
Appointer Prime Minister
Term length 3 years
Inaugural holder Maj. General Shahid Hamid
Formation1948

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. Colonel Shahid Hamid had conceived the idea of ISI. He was later promoted to a two-star rank of a major general and became the first director-general of the ISI. [1] Robert Cawthome became instrumental in expanding the ISI and has been the longest serving director-general. [2]

Contents

The current DG of ISI is Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum since 20 November 2021.

List of directors-general

#PortraitNameStart of termEnd of termUnit of commissionPeriod as DGPrime Minister
1 Major General

Syed Shahid Hamid, HJ

14 July 194820 June 1950 3rd Cavalry 1 year, 11 months, 7 days
2 Major General

Robert Cawthome

20 June 19501959N/A9 years, 1 day

20 Jun considered for EoT

3 Major General

Riaz Hussain

19591966N/A7 years, 1 day
4

Major General
MohammedAkbar Khan

1966May 1971 Punjab Regiment 4 years, 11 months, 1 day
5 Major General

Ghulam Jilani Khan

16 December 197116 September 1978 [3] 2nd (Guides) FF 7 years, 1 day
6 Lieutenant General

Muhammad Riaz Khan

17 September 197820 June 1979N/A6 months, 4 days
7 Lieutenant General

Akhtar Abdur Rahman Khan, NI(M) HI(M)

21 June 197929 March 1987 2 Field Regiment 7 years, 9 months, 9 days
8 Lieutenant General

Hamid Gul, HI(M) SBt

29 March 198729 May 1989 19th Lancers 2 years, 2 months, 1 days
9 Lieutenant General

Shamsur Rahman Kallu, HI(M) TBt

30 May 1989August 1990 5th Horse 1 year, 3 months, 1 day

30 Aug considered for EoT

10 Lieutenant General

Asad Ahmed Durrani, HI(M)

August 199013 March 1992 39 Field Regiment 1 year, 6 months, 15 days
11 Lieutenant General

Javed Nasir, HI(M) SBt

14 March 199213 May 1993 101 Engineers Battalion 1 year, 2 months
12 Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi (2012).jpg Lieutenant General

Javed Ashraf Qazi, HI(M) SBt

14 May 1993October 1995 16 (SP) Medium Regt
13 Lieutenant General

Naseem Rana

October 1995October 1998 [3] Corps of Signals
14 Lieutenant General

Ziauddin Butt, HI(M)

October 199812 October 1999 Corps of Engineers
15 Lieutenant General

Mahmud Ahmed, HI(M)

20 October 19997 October 2001 16 (SP) Medium Regt
16 Ehsan ul haq.jpg Lieutenant General

Ehsan ul Haq, HI(M)

7 October 20015 October 2004 19 (SP) LAA Regt
17 Kayani in July 2010.jpg Lieutenant General

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, HI(M) SI(M) TI(M)

5 October 20048 October 2007 5 Baloch (Burma)
18 Lieutenant General

Nadeem Taj, HI(M) TBt

9 October 200729 September 2008 11 Punjab
19 Ahmed Shuja Pasha.png Lieutenant General

Ahmad Shuja Pasha, HI(M)

1 October 200818 March 2012 5 Frontier Force Yousaf Raza Gillani
20 Lieutenant General

Zaheerul Islam, HI(M)

19 March 20127 November 2014 13 Punjab Yousaf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Nawaz Sharif
21 Lieutenant General

Rizwan Akhtar

7 November 201411 December 2016 4 FF Regiment Nawaz Sharif
22 Lieutenant General

Naveed Mukhtar

11 December 201625 October 2018 13th Lancers Nawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Imran Khan
23 Lieutenant General

SyedAsim Munir Ahmad Shah, HI(M)

25 October 201816 June 2019 23rd Frontier Force Imran Khan
24 Lieutenant General

Faiz Hameed, HI(M)

17 June 201919 Nov 2021 20th Baloch Imran Khan
26 Lieutenant General

Nadeem Ahmed Anjum

20 Nov 2021Incumbent 28th Punjab Imran Khan
Shebaz Sharif
Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (Caretaker)

Notes

1. ^ Later promoted to major general in-office.
2. ^ Later promoted to lieutenant general in-office.

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