THE change of command at the ISI has become a subject of intense media coverage and discussion. The military on Wednesday notified a number of important transfers and postings that included the appointment of a new director general of the ISI. Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmad Anjum has replaced Lt Gen Faiz Hameed who will now command the corps in Peshawar. The breathless wall-to-wall commentary on these appointments is a sad reflection on the state of…
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Several top military leaders were posted to new offices earlier this week, with the most notable change coming at Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), where Lt Gen Faiz Hameed made way for Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum. The latter was the Karachi corps commander before being shifted to the spy agency. However, the big news was about Gen Faiz, whose new posting as Peshawar corps commander makes him one of the potential contenders to lead the army…
The writer is Director Programmes for an international ICT organization based in the UKTo say that America’s Afghanistan debacle has put the cat amongst the pigeons would be a grave understatement! For now, the area has become a hotbed of more uncertainty and instability. An abrupt and poorly planned end to more than 20 years of occupation will do that to a region. On cue, recriminations have started flying left, right and centre to find…
THE new curbs announced by the central bank to plug the dollar outflow from Pakistan into Afghanistan may address to some extent what is seen as a key reason for the mounting pressure on Pakistan’s exchange rate as well as slow down what we know as ‘dollarisation’ of the economy. The restrictions — such as compulsory biometric verification of buyers purchasing $500 or above, limits on the foreign exchange allowance for people travelling to Afghanistan,…
The goodwill between China and Pakistan, as well as their unanimity of views, has been irritating a section of realpolitik for long. This is why confusions are concocted to undermine one of the world’s most promising developmental projects, named BRI-cum-CPEC, which connects more than 2.5 billion people from Central Asia down to Africa via Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. A report from a think tank says that CPEC funding to Pakistan lacks transparency, and the country…
The writer is a journalist based in the US.The foreign delegations that travelled from their capitals to participate in the UN General Assembly Annual session 76 in New York have returned. The UN HQ is back to normal and UN committees are working on various drafts, resolutions and documents to give them some shape and direction. President Biden of the US, the second speaker of the first day session of the UNGA, made no direct…
The writer is a political analyst.The country’s loose defences by design against money laundering and tax avoidance have made it a destination of choice for mega money criminals. The country is home to a sophisticated ecosystem of businesses with devilishly creative wealth management firms and high-end lawyers. A 2019 analysis by Transparency International had found that this country was home to around 87,000 properties that were owned by anonymous companies with no trace of their…
Lt Gen Faiz Hameed made Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Amir appointed as Corps Commander Gujranwala Lt Gen Saeed appointed as Corps Commander KarachiArmy Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum has been appointed as the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the post previously held by Lt Gen Faiz Hameed. Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, formerly the ISI director general, has been posted as the Peshawar corps commander. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced…
October does not disappoint. The change of command at the ISI notified on Wednesday is the single most consequential development in recent months, according to Red Zone insiders. Given the nature of the country’s political situation, this change at the top of the agency is expected to spawn many major and minor ripples in critical areas. Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum now replaces Lt Gen Faiz Hameed as the director general of the ISI, while…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday hosted a meeting of spymasters of some countries in the region on the situation in Afghanistan, a security source said. There was no official statement on the meeting, but an intelligence source privately confirmed that the session had taken place. The meeting was attended by the intelligence heads from Russia, China, Iran and some Central Asian states. “The hosting of the meeting by Pakistan reflects our sincerity for peace in the…
A truth commission on TTP : Op-ed by Senator Rehman Malik in The Nation,Oct 08, 2021
Pakistan is passing through the worst span of its history when it is facing a serious economic crisis, sharp depreciation of the Rupee, an abnormal reduction in the growth rate, increase in inflation, trouble on its eastern and western borders, pressure from the IMF, and its impact on the common man and unchecked corruption coupled with nepotism. Most of these problems are because of terrorism as, for more than twenty years, Pakistan has been fighting…