Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Incumbent
Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum
since 20 November 2021
Inter-Services Intelligence
AbbreviationDG ISI
Member ofNational Security Council
ResidenceChaklala, Rawalpindi
AppointerPrime Minister
Term length3 years
Inaugural holderMaj. 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]

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

List of directors-general

# Portrait Name Start of term End of term Unit of commission Period as DG Prime Minister
1 Major General

Syed Shahid Hamid, HJ

14 July 1948 20 June 1950 3rd Cavalry 1 year, 11 months, 7 days
2 Major General

Robert Cawthome

20 June 1950 1959 N/A 9 years, 1 day

20 Jun considered for EoT

3 Major General

Riaz Hussain

1959 1966 N/A 7 years, 1 day
4

Major General
Mohammed Akbar Khan

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

Ghulam Jilani Khan

16 December 1971 16 September 1978[3] 2nd (Guides) FF 7 years, 1 day
6 Lieutenant General

Muhammad Riaz Khan

17 September 1978 20 June 1979 N/A 6 months, 4 days
7 Lieutenant General

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

21 June 1979 29 March 1987 2 Field Regiment 7 years, 9 months, 9 days
8 Lieutenant General

Hamid Gul, HI(M) SBt

29 March 1987 29 May 1989 19th Lancers 2 years, 2 months, 1 days
9 Lieutenant General

Shamsur Rahman Kallu, HI(M) TBt

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

30 Aug considered for EoT

10 Lieutenant General

Asad Ahmed Durrani, HI(M)

August 1990 13 March 1992 39 Field Regiment 1 year, 6 months, 15 days
11 Lieutenant General

Javed Nasir, HI(M) SBt

14 March 1992 13 May 1993 101 Engineers Battalion 1 year, 2 months
12 Lieutenant General

Javed Ashraf Qazi, HI(M) SBt

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

Naseem Rana

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

Ziauddin Butt, HI(M)

October 1998 12 October 1999 Corps of Engineers
15 Lieutenant General

Mahmud Ahmed, HI(M)

20 October 1999 7 October 2001 16 (SP) Medium Regt
16 Lieutenant General

Ehsan ul Haq, HI(M)

7 October 2001 5 October 2004 19 (SP) LAA Regt
17 Lieutenant General

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

5 October 2004 8 October 2007 5 Baloch (Burma)
18 Lieutenant General

Nadeem Taj, HI(M) TBt

9 October 2007 29 September 2008 11 Punjab
19 Lieutenant General

Ahmad Shuja Pasha, HI(M)

1 October 2008 18 March 2012 5 Frontier Force Yousaf Raza Gillani
20 Lieutenant General

Zaheerul Islam, HI(M)

19 March 2012 7 November 2014 13 Punjab Yousaf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Nawaz Sharif
21 Lieutenant General

Rizwan Akhtar

7 November 2014 11 December 2016 4 FF Regiment Nawaz Sharif
22 Lieutenant General

Naveed Mukhtar

11 December 2016 25 October 2018 13th Lancers Nawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Imran Khan
23 Lieutenant General

Syed Asim Munir Ahmad Shah, HI(M)

25 October 2018 16 June 2019 23rd Frontier Force Imran Khan
24 Lieutenant General

Faiz Hameed, HI(M)

17 June 2019 19 Nov 2021 20th Baloch Imran Khan
26 Lieutenant General

Nadeem Ahmed Anjum

20 Nov 2021 Incumbent 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.

References

  1. "Average tenure of 22 ISI chiefs in 70 years has been 3.18 years". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  2. "Maj-Gen Robert Cawthome was the longest-serving ISI chief". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  3. 1 2 "Lt. Gen Zaheer is 18th DG ISI since 1959". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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