September 22, 2014

Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar named new ISI chief

More bomb and suicide attacks in India and Afghanistan?

In the tenure of outgoing Zaheerul Islam, ISI managed to close TV channels in Pakistan. Lets see what ISI shuts down under new chief.

Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar has very average record in handling Karachi violence in the past couple of years as DG Rangers.

Lieutenant (Lt) General Rizwan Akhtar has been appointed as the new chief of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in a major reshuffle in the army, which also saw the promotion of six major generals to the rank of lieutenant generals.

The chief military spokesperson, Major General Asim Salim Bajwa, confirmed on Monday through his twitter account that former Director General Sindh Rangers General Rizwan Akhar, after being elevated to the rank of Lt General, will replace the incumbent DG ISI Lt General Zaheerul Islam, who is set to retire in October.Akhtar will assume his responsibilities on November 8.


Same person who said that Several made-in-India injections have been recovered during a search operation after Karachi airport attack.

Pakistani classify blood clotting drugs and injections made in India as weapons.







In other promotions, Maj Gen Hilal Hussain has been promoted Corps Commander Mangla, Ghayur Mahmood Corps Commander Gujranwala, Navid Mukhtar Corps Commander Karachi, Hidayat Ur Rehman Corps Commander Peshawar, and Nazir Butt incharge of Communications and Information Technology (C&IT)

Photo - ISPR thru Twitter
Lt General Hidayatur Rehman, Lt General Naveed Mukhtar, Lt General Ghayur Mahmood, Lt General Hilal Hussain and Lt General Nazir Butt. 



Outgoing ISI chief Zaheerul Islam is seen by some as encouraging anti-government protests

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