Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum new DG ISI

Islamabad: The notification of the appointment of Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum as the new chief of the Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was issued by the Prime Minister’s Office this week.

The new director-general will assume the office from November 20. “The prime minister has seen and approved the appointment of … Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum … as director general Inter-Services Intelligence, with effect from November 20, 2021, from the panel of officers at para 6 of the summary,” the notification issued on October 26 stated.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, during the process of appointment, a list of nominees for the post was received from the Ministry of Defence. The PM interviewed all the nominees after which a final round of consultations was held between the premier and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Lt-General Nadeem Anjum belonged to the Punjab Regiment. He was previously serving as the Corps Commander of V Corps in Karachi.

General Anjum has served as the commandant of the Command and Staff College, Quetta, and the Inspector-General of the Frontier Corps. Many successful anti-terrorism operations were conducted under his command by FC Balochistan.

Among his colleagues and subordinates, he was known as ‘Mohsin e Balochistan’ for his services to eradicate terrorism.