Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam appointed DG ISI

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Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam appointed DG ISI

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PM Gilani appointed Corps Commander Karachi Lt. Gen Zaheerul Islam new DG ISI.

09 March,2012 07:21 pm

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani appointed Corp Commander Karachi Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam new director general of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).Islam has earlier served as the deputy director general of the ISI as a major general. He was then promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and moved to Karachi.Lt Gen. Pasha, who retires on March 18 after having served a one-year extension in tenure granted to him in March 2011, had requested the army chief in December to relieve him of his duties as the ISI chief.