Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum appointed DG ISI; notification issued

Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum has been appointed the new DG IS.

 Lt Gen Faiz Hameed will hold charge as the DG ISI till November 19 while Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum will take charge of the post by November 19.

The notification from the Prime Minister's Office had been awaited since nearly three weeks.

Lt Gen Anjum was a commander in Operation Zarb-e-Azb, and was posted inspector-general of the Frontier Corps Balochistan during Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. He has also commandeered the V Corps Sindh.

Lt Gen Anjum is a graduate of the National Defense University, Islamabad and holds a master's degree from King's College London, the ISPR had earlier said.