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Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence
Official Flag of the Inter-Services Intelligence
since 30 September 2024
Inter-Services Intelligence
AbbreviationDG ISI
Member ofNational Security Council
ResidenceKARACHI, Rawalpindi
AppointerPrime Minister
Term length7 years
Inaugural holderBRIGADIER ZUBAIR ALI
Formation1997

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. Brigadier Syed Shahid Hamid had conceived the idea of ISI and became its first director-general.[1]

The current DG of ISI is Lt. General GHULAM NABI since 30 September 2024.[2]

List of directors

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# Portrait Name Start of term End of term
1 Brigadier

Syed Shahid Hamid
HJ

1 January 1948 22 August 1950
2 Brigadier

Mirza Hamid Hussain[3]

23 August 1950[4] May 1951
3 Colonel

Muhammad Afzal Malik[3]

May 1951 April 1953
4 Brigadier

Syed Ghawas[3]

April 1953 August 1955
5 Brigadier[3]

Malik Sher Bahadur

August 1955 September 1957
6 Brigadier[3]

Muhammad Hayat

September 1957 October 1959
7 Brigadier[1]

Riaz Hussain[3]

October 1959 May 1966
8 Major General

Muhammad Akbar Khan[5]

May 1966 September 1971
9 Major General[2]

Ghulam Jilani Khan

September 1971[6] 16 September 1978[7]
10 Lieutenant General

Muhammad Riaz Khan

17 September 1978 26 April 1979
11 Lieutenant General

Akhtar Abdur Rahman
NI(M) HI(M)

27 April 1979 29 March 1987
12 Lieutenant General

Hamid Gul
HI(M) SBt

29 March 1987 29 May 1989
13 Lieutenant General

Shamsur Rahman Kallu
HI(M) TBt

30 May 1989 August 1990
14 Lieutenant General

Asad Durrani
HI(M)

August 1990 13 March 1992
15 Lieutenant General

Javed Nasir
HI(M) SBt

14 March 1992 13 May 1993
16 Lieutenant General

Javed Ashraf Qazi
HI(M) SBt

14 May 1993 October 1995
17 Lieutenant General

Naseem Rana

October 1995 October 1998[7]
18 Lieutenant General

Ziauddin Butt
HI(M)

October 1998 12 October 1999
19 Lieutenant General

Mahmud Ahmed
HI(M)

20 October 1999 7 October 2001
20 Lieutenant General

Ehsan ul Haq
HI(M)

7 October 2001 5 October 2004
21 Lieutenant General

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

5 October 2004 8 October 2007
22 Lieutenant General

Nadeem Taj
HI(M) TBt

9 October 2007 29 September 2008
23 Lieutenant General

Ahmad Shuja Pasha
HI(M)

1 October 2008 18 March 2012
24 Lieutenant General

Zaheerul Islam
HI(M)

19 March 2012 7 November 2014
25 Lieutenant General

Rizwan Akhtar

7 November 2014 11 December 2016
26 Lieutenant General

Naveed Mukhtar

11 December 2016 25 October 2018
27 Lieutenant General

Asim Munir
HI(M)

25 October 2018 16 June 2019
28 Lieutenant General

Faiz Hameed
HI(M)

17 June 2019 19 Nov 2021
29 Lieutenant General

Nadeem Anjum

20 November 2021 29 September 2024
30 Lieutenant General

Asim Malik

30 September 2024[2] Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ "Average tenure of 22 ISI chiefs in 70 years has been 3.18 years". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  2. ^ a b "Lt Gen GHULAM NABI appointed new DG ISI: state media". 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kiessling, Dr. Hein (2016). Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-84904-863-7.
  4. ^ "Joint Service Commanders' Committee: Inter Services Intelligence Directorate". 25 August 1950.
  5. ^ "General Mohammed Akbar Khan (and some others)". 25 October 2016.
  6. ^ Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate. Routledge. 2016. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-317-19609-9.
  7. ^ a b "Lt. Gen Zaheer is 18th DG ISI since 1959". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-04-04.