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

[Battle Axe]

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

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

No army officer serves in IB. That's a civ intel agency.

 

[Battle Axe]

Major General Rizwan Akhtar how did he qualify?-

There's no perquisite for being a DG ISI except being a 3 Star General and a recommendation by COAS and PM.

 

[Kompromat]

 

[WishLivePak]

He will retire on 1st Nov ......

How come bunch of generals retire same day? Doesn't it go by when they reach the age of 62 something.

Also it's 1st October, I was reading.

 

[Patriots]

How come bunch of generals retire same day? Doesn't it go by when they reach the age of 62 something.

Also it's 1st October, I was reading.

Army rectified it yesterday ..........

 

[JonAsad]

There's no perquisite for being a DG ISI except being a 3 Star General and a recommendation by COAS and PM.

i thought to lead an intelligence bureau one should have experience at least in intelligence- seems like thats not the case-

 

[Windjammer]

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army has announced promotion of six Major Generals to the rank of Lieutenant General and newly promoted Lt. General Rizwan Akhtar has been named as the new Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence, citing ISPR, ARY News reported on Monday.

Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar has recently served as Director General Rangers Sindh during the operation launched against criminals in Karachi.

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa in a tweet announced the promotions and new postings of the six promoted Army officials.

Lt. General Rizwan Akhtar has been named as the new Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Other five Major Generals who have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General are Lt. General Nazir Butt who has been named as the new I.G. C&IT, Lt. General Naveed Mukhtar has been posted as Corps Commander Karachi, Lt. General Hilal Hussain will assume the charge as Corps Commander Mangla, Lt. General Ghayyur Mehmood will become Corps Commander Gujranwala and Lt. General Hidayatur Rehman will become the Commander of Peshawar Corps.

The promoted Lt. Generals will assume their new charges after the retirement of their predecessors.

- See more at: Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar named new DG ISI | ARY NEWS

 

[Zarvan]

Let see has he past experience of ISI

 

[Battle Axe]

i thought to lead an intelligence bureau one should have experience at least in intelligence- seems like thats not the case-

Not the case really. But a Lt Gen usually accumulates a lot of intel experience during his career. This guy is basically an infantarian and a straight soldier: he will do well and with the amount of briefings he'll take in coming weeks, he'll be a the spymaster.

 

[Battle Axe]

How come bunch of generals retire same day? Doesn't it go by when they reach the age of 62 something.

Also it's 1st October, I was reading.

1. No, army doesn't have age limits rather they have service brackets for all officers upto brigadier will generals serve on tenure basis. A lt gen servers a 4 year tenure.

2. This wasn't any crisis. Army is a very well organized hierarchy, they can replace any amount instantly.

3. Lt Gens, as stated in (1) serve on tenure basis and are only promoted when a vacancy arises. 4 years from now, we will again have this happening. It's pretty business as usual.

4. Discrepancies occur only in case of resignations which come to fore when Lt Gens are superseded by a junior chief: like Gen Haroon retired earlier than he would have after promotion of Raheel.

 

[JonAsad]

Not the case really. But a Lt Gen usually accumulates a lot of intel experience during his career. This guy is basically an infantarian and a straight soldier: he will do well and with the amount of briefings he'll take in coming weeks, he'll be a the spymaster.

Since now he has full access to all intelligence and stuff- i hope he starts by sorting the mess in Karachi-

 

[Battle Axe]

Since now he has full access to all intelligence and stuff- i hope he starts by sorting the mess in Karachi-

Yes, if he is asked to do so by COAS, who in turn, if asked by PM.

 

[Zarvan]

Well the moment he became Lt General he became DG ISI if in all this time as Lt General he remains DG ISI How many years we are talking about ?

 

[ice_man]

Since now he has full access to all intelligence and stuff- i hope he starts by sorting the mess in Karachi-

will not happen Karachi is too complex a mess. Karachi will only be sorted out once the top leadership is finished of all stake holders in karachi.

 

[JonAsad]

Yes, if he is asked to do so by COAS, who in turn, if asked by PM.

thats a messed up hierarchy-
Even after serious threats to Karachi and Pakistan- with conditions worsening day by day- target killing et all- permission is still needed-