Pakistan: Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum tipped to succeed Faiz Hameed as ISI chief

Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum of the Pakistan Army is probably to be appointed the brand new chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the nation’s major intelligence company. The official notification for the appointment of the brand new Director-General (DG) of Pakistan’s ISI, nevertheless, is but to be issued.

Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum is presently posted as Corps Commander of Pakistan’s V Corps in Karachi. He has additionally served as Inspector General (IG) of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps.Lt Gen Anjum’s doubtless appointment comes at an important time with Pakistan lobbying on behalf of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Just final month, outgoing ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed met with the Taliban’s prime management in Kabul forward of the announcement of an ‘interim cabinet’.READ: Fissure widens between Pak Army and ISI chiefs over management in AfghanistanWhat subsequent for Lt Gen Faiz Hameed?If reviews are to be believed, if Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum replaces him as the brand new DG of ISI, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed may emerge as one of many 4 contenders for the submit of Pakistan Army chief.Lt Gen Hameed has been appointed the Corp Commander of the GOC XI Corps of the Pakistan Army and might be stationed in Peshawar. This may give him an edge over the opposite contenders, sources advised India Today.The XI Corps is the one division of the Pakistan Army deployed within the nation’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province. This division was established in 1975 to assist administrative navy operational items in Pakistan’s northern provinces. Outgoing ISI DG Lt Gen Faiz Hameed throughout his go to to Kabul final monthAccording to reviews, the Pakistan Army’s XI Corps obtained worldwide recognition for its involvement within the Soviet-Afghan warfare.Outgoing ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed is well-liked among the many Pakistan Army’s prime brass and is understood for his professionalism, knowledgeable sources advised India Today. His current engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan has additional improved his possibilities to succeed General Qamar Javed Bajwa.Lt Gen Faiz Hameed’s profession trajectory may resemble that of Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who had additionally served as each Director-General of the ISI and chief of the Pakistan Army. A four-star General, Kayani was ISI chief from 2004 to 2007 and served as Pakistan’s eighth Chief of Army Staff from 2007 to 2013.A prime supply within the Indian Army stated, “As one of the pre-requisites for elevation to the post of Pakistan Army chief, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed will have a year to command an important Corps division. General Qamar Javed Bajwa will remain as the Pakistan Army chief until November 2022.”Gen Bajwa, in the meantime, is probably to maintain all 4 contenders on tenterhooks till the declaration of the identify of his successor.