New ISI chief to be named soon: Report

Update: 2014-09-19 22:29 GMT
The new chief of Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ISI is likely to be named next week amid political turmoil in the coup-prone country, according to a media report. The appointment is expected as current Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam and five Lieutenant Generals are scheduled to retire from service in the first week of October.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been considering a couple of names for the top intelligence slot, BBC Urdu quoted sources close to the Premier as saying.

The name of the new ISI director general is likely to be announced next week, the report said.
Those being considered for the position are Lahore corps commander Lt Gen Naveed Zaman and President National Defence University Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Ramday, it said.

The names for the ISI chief’s slot circulating in military circles are Maj Gen Nazeer Butt and Maj Gen Rizwan Akhtar. Army Chief General Raheel Sharif also wants to promote certain military officials from the rank of Major General to that of Lieutenant General, the report said.

These appointments are likely to come before the naming of the new ISI chief so that one of these Lt Generals may be considered for the top intelligence slot, it said. 

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