Former DG-Rangers, Lt.Gen Rizwan Akhtar to command the ISI.

[Patriots]

Following Major Generals have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General
1. Major General Rizwan Akhtar. He has been appointed DG ISI. He will assume the charge of his new appointment on 8th November. Maj Gen Rizwan was commissioned in Army in Frontier Force Regiment in September 1982. He is graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, NDU Islamabad, War Course USA. He has commanded an Infantry Brigade and Division in FATA and also remained DG Rangers Sindh.
2. Major General Mian Muhammad Hilal Hussain. Presently he is DG Military Training at GHQ. He was commissioned in Artillery in Sep 1982. He is graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, Australia and NDU Islamabad. He has been Military Advisor to Pakistan Permanent representative in UN and Military Secretary to President of Pakistan. He commanded an Infantry brigade in FATA and also served as DG rangers Punjab
3. Major General Ghayur Mahmood. He was commissioned in Frontier Force regiment in 1982. He is graduate of Command and Staff Collage Quetta, Kulalampur and NDU Islamabad. He has commanded an Infantry Division in FATA. The general officer has also served as inspector General Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). He is presently serving as Vice Chief of the General Staff at General Headquarters.
4. Major General Nazir Ahmed Butt. Presently Commandant Pakistan Military Academy Kakul. He was commissioned in Frontier Force regiment in March 1983. He is graduate of Command and Staff Collage Quetta and NDU Islamabad. He has been Military Secretary to the Prime Minister and Defence attaché in USA. He has commanded an Infantry Division in FATA.
5. Major General Naveed Mukhtar. He was commissioned in Armored Corps regiment in 1983. He is graduate of Command and Staff Collage Quetta, NDU Islamabad and War Course USA. He has commanded a Mechanized Division and presently he is serving in Dte Gen ISI.
6. Major General Hidayat ur Rehman. Presently he is Chief instructor at NDU Islamabad. He was commissioned in 1983. He is graduate of Command and Staff Collage Quetta, NDU Islamabad. He has commanded an Infantry Division.

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[Reichmarshal]

4 out of 6 from from FF, the g.t road gen. Is trying to cover his ***

The DG ISI has very little intl. experience, which is unprecedented n bods I'll for all of us.
Gen Naveed would have been an ideal choice as as a Maj. Gen he had served as DG. C. In ISI

 

[Samlee]

@SBD-3 is the ISI chief retired as of today?

How many more guys raheal sherif replaced?

I Think He Will Take Charge on 8th November

 

[Edevelop]

As i said earlier he was the guy who took down MQM terrorists and exposed their possession of Indian weapons.

Now it doesn't matter if MQM is in Sind Government or not. They can't fire him again. As DG ISI he is gonna be pissed.

 

[Reichmarshal]

But having said this, it might have a silver lining.

Noora Nawaz, appointed Raheel, the least competent out of the lot. That has proved a blessing in disguise for as all, as now he goes out of his way to do stuff n to prove him self.
Now noora Nawaz has appointed a fighting man with little to no intel. Experience. Let's see where that gets us. But not looking too good for noora though

 

[Patriots]

As i said earlier he was the guy who took down MQM terrorists and exposed their possession of Indian weapons.

Now it doesn't matter if MQM is in Sind Government or not. They can't fire him again. As DG ISI he is gonna be pissed.

 

[VCheng]

But having said this, it might have a silver lining.

Noora Nawaz, appointed Raheel, the least competent out of the lot. That has proved a blessing in disguise for as all, as now he goes out of his way to do stuff n to prove him self.
Now noora Nawaz has appointed a fighting man with little to no intel. Experience. Let's see where that gets us. But not looking too good for noora though

The appointment is done by the PM, but according to the recommendations of the COAS.

 

[Shahmir]

Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar (new DG ISI)

Lt General Hidayatur Rehman, Lt General Naveed Mukhtar, Lt General Ghayur Mahmood, Lt General Hilal Hussain and Lt General Nazir Butt. PHOTOS: ISPR (the other five promoted officers)

 

[Kabira]

What exactly is his background? Like what village, linguistic group, tribe etc? And I believe such aspects should be looked at for such posts. I believe martial races should be given the top army posts. Now a lot of you might not agree with my comment, but remember how General Musharraf(non-martial) had turned Pakistan army into an almost hijra force. I believe he personally feared the terrorists. It was general Kayani(martial Gakhar clan) who restored army's lost glory by inflicting a crushing defeat on the Taliban in Swat and Bajaur.

You can't be serious, as sheeda tali said Kayani was eating sattu while Raheel sallajeet.

 

[Albatross]

DG sahab in India


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Look at the body language of both militaries officer and you will visibly feel the difference. Who's the straight backed soldier proud of his country and who looks like on of those street bum scratcher .

 

[Shahmir]

4 out of 6 from from FF, the g.t road gen. Is trying to cover his ***

The DG ISI has very little intl. experience, which is unprecedented n bods I'll for all of us.
Gen Naveed would have been an ideal choice as as a Maj. Gen he had served as DG. C. In ISI

I am happy musharraf appointed karachi origin generals are getting out of top echelon, the command is coming back to the sons of the soil, it is day of celebrations,

 

[Zarvan]

I am happy musharraf appointed karachi origin generals are getting out of top echelon, the command is coming back to the sons of the soil, it is day of celebrations,
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He is not off Karachi origin

 

[Green Arrow]

Good choice. Hope he does his job well

 

[Shahmir]

Look at the body language of both militaries officer and you will visibly feel the difference. Who's the straight backed soldier proud of his country and who looks like on of those street bum scratcher .

Most of the times looks are deceptive, According to an official of Reagon's administration (probably Kissinger) Zia looked like a foolish stupid guy from his face but in reality was too intelligent to handle for americans.

 

[SBD-3]

has Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar ever served in the intelligence bureau ???

this was a surprise announcement can anyone shed some light on it??

It was almost certain that Gen Raheel wanted to promote a Maj General to the post of DG-ISI. It was sure that both Government as well as COAS would like to see an apolitical personality on the post. I was told by one of my friend in close contacts with the government that Gen Butt was the choice of NS after consultations with not only other parties but also persons from media (For the first time in Pakistan). Butt also possessed prior experience of intel ops, which was crucial since Gen Raheel doesn't posses any experience of Intel Ops. But Nawaz having already appointing another butt for DG-ISI previously (Gen Zia ud din Butt), the decision was certain to attract some irk and affirmed the perception that Nawaz only promotes butts and sharifs generals to key posts. So Lt.Gen Rizwan is the last day change after meeting with the army chief and thus going for Rizwan. However, one of Rizwan's key strengths is that he can work in coordination with civilian security infrastructure which may pave a way for ISI opening up to the idea of dysfunctional Joint Intelligent Bureau envisaged by Chaudry Nisar.

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But having said this, it might have a silver lining.

Noora Nawaz, appointed Raheel, the least competent out of the lot. That has proved a blessing in disguise for as all, as now he goes out of his way to do stuff n to prove him self.
Now noora Nawaz has appointed a fighting man with little to no intel. Experience. Let's see where that gets us. But not looking too good for noora though

If he was the least competent of the lot then he wouldn't have made it to promotion panel in the first place.