Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has said that Lieutenant General FaizHameed link was still thedirector-general of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
Sheikh Rasheed said this while addressing a news conference in Islamabad onSunday.
Earlier, Sheikh Rasheed had said that notification regarding theappointment of DG ISI would be issued by Friday; however, the notificationcould not be issued.
During Sunday’s presser, a journalist asked the interior minister who was ISIchief link, Sheikh Rasheed quicklyresponded “Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed link isstill the ISI chief link.”[image: Loading video]
Earlier, the Army had announced on October 6 that the incumbent ISI chieflink Gen Faiz Hameedlink, had been made the Peshawarcorps commander, while Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum was appointed in his place.
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But the Prime Minister’s Office had since not issued an officialnotification of Lt Gen Anjum’s appointment.
After days of speculations, on Oct 12, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhryhad said that the authority to appoint the ISI chieflink lay with the prime minister, andthat the set procedure would be followed for the purpose. “The legalprocedure will be followed in the appointment of the new DG ISI, for whichboth [Gen Bajwa and Prime Minister Imran] are in agreement,” he had said.
Fawad Chaudhry had said that PM Imran and the Army Chief had a “longsitting” to discuss the matter and the premier had subsequently taken thecabinet into confidence over the issue.
