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ISLAMABAD - Four corps commanders and director general ISI are going to retire during the next three months and Lt Gen Naseer Janjua is being considered a strong contender for the top post of premier intelligence agency, The Nation has learnt.
According to the seniority list, five lieutenant generals are scheduled to be retired within next 90 days and the name of the outgoing generals are Corp Commander Mangla Tariq Khan, DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Zaheer Ul Islam, Corp Commander Gujranwala Saleem Nawaz, Corp Commander Peshawar Khalid Rabbani and Corp Commander Karachi Sajjad Ghani.
According to the sources, Corp Commander Quetta Lt Gen Naseer Janjua is being considered as a strong candidate for the post of DG ISI after the retirement of the incumbent ISI chief. His previous carrier has made him the most favourite for this post. While Corp Commander Lahore Naveed Zaman is another strong candidate for the slot of DG ISI.
According to intelligence sources, Maj Gen Arif Warriach, who has previously served as DDG Internal in ISI, was the most favourite choice of military leadership but he has still not got the promotion as lieutenant general. Now he is on the number 82 in the seniority list.
The military sources said that the slot of Corp Commander Peshawar is much significant due to operation Zarb-e-Azb and Pak-Afghan border situation. Name of Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem, Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Ramdey, Maj Gen Razwan Akhtar, Maj Gen Hilal Hussain and Maj Gen Nadir Zaib are seriously under consideration for the position of corps commander Peshawar. The only criterion for this slot is an officer who had served previously on the western border.
According to the seniority list, other nine senior lieutenant generals will retire in 2015 during the tenure of Gen Raheel Sharif who will retire on November 2016.
The posting of DG ISI is the first significant appointment, which will take place within the army during the period of General Raheel Sharif as COAS. Although the prime minister will appoint the DG ISI yet it would be made with the consultation of Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif.
It would be the COAS who will give the list of three lieutenant generals to PM to appoint anyone for the said slot. It would also reflect the mind of General Raheel Sharif towards his future ambitions.
The tradition of the army is that every new COAS used to get appoint his new DG ISI and according to official sources the Nawaz government had requested General Raheel Sahrif that the incumbent DG ISI should be allowed to complete his tenure as DG ISI. Former COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had appointed General Zaheerul Islam on the recommendation of Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha.
After the retirement of five lieutenant generals, new DG ISI and four corps commanders will be brought in the top hierarchy of army that will more strengthen the COAS for the promotions of senior officers.

General Janjua may be next ISI DG
They way things have suddenly "heated up" in national politics, I see at least two points in action
1- Gen Zaheer wants to secure a safe exit for Musharraf before he steps down.
2- Gen Zaheer wants an extension as DG-ISI
I think Government will take the pressure in these days before September as a hard pill and let Gen Zaheer retire. Because once extended, there will be three more years of blackmail and turmoil to follow.
 
They way things have suddenly "heated up" in national politics, I see at least two points in action
1- Gen Zaheer wants to secure a safe exit for Musharraf before he steps down.
2- Gen Zaheer wants an extension as DG-ISI
I think Government will take the pressure in these days before September as a hard pill and let Gen Zaheer retire. Because once extended, there will be three more years of blackmail and turmoil to follow.
Your miserable PML N assumptions
 
sir is it possible to have someone else other than from military to head ISi like police commissioner, in india RAW is headed by IPS officer
 
sir is it possible to have someone else other than from military to head ISi like police commissioner, in india RAW is headed by IPS officer

No.

IB, FIA etc are headed by civilians.

In recent history post Musharraf, I could only count one Non-Punjabi Chief i.e. Admiral Asif Sandhila

Oh the evil Punjabis. Do you suffer from that syndrome too?

Asif Sandhila is from Sheikhupura :rolleyes:
 
No.

IB, FIA etc are headed by civilians.



Oh the evil Punjabis. Do you suffer from that syndrome too?

Asif Sandhila is from Sheikhupura :rolleyes:
don't u think it will be more appropriate for ISI to be headed by someone from police,as it will be more accountable to the government, don't u think it will help bridging the trust deficit which exist between pakistani government & military, now don't tell me there no trust deficit between these two
 
don't u think it will be more appropriate for ISI to be headed by someone from police,as it will be more accountable to the government, don't u think it will help bridging the trust deficit which exist between pakistani government & military, now don't tell me there no trust deficit between these two

ISI is fully subordinate to the Pakistani state and its interests. ISI is a military intelligence organization not a civilian one, therefore it has to be lead by a military officer.
 
No.

IB, FIA etc are headed by civilians.



Oh the evil Punjabis. Do you suffer from that syndrome too?

Asif Sandhila is from Sheikhupura :rolleyes:
We need to turn IB OR FIA just like FBI with no jurisdiction limit and with special Police Commandos under it
 
@Zarvan

Govt cant even IB and FIA effectively enough. It would be much better to pack up all intel agencies and make them subordinant to the ISI. Its been done to some extent already.
 
@Zarvan

Govt cant even IB and FIA effectively enough. It would be much better to pack up all intel agencies and make them subordinant to the ISI. Its been done to some extent already.
There has been a lot of tension amongst IB and ISI recently as ISI tried to control the IB....If you put IB and FIA under the control of ISI, the first thing ISI would do would be to kick out the civilians in middle and top management and install servicement in place.
 
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ISLAMABAD - Four corps commanders and director general ISI are going to retire during the next three months and Lt Gen Naseer Janjua is being considered a strong contender for the top post of premier intelligence agency, The Nation has learnt.
According to the seniority list, five lieutenant generals are scheduled to be retired within next 90 days and the name of the outgoing generals are Corp Commander Mangla Tariq Khan, DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Zaheer Ul Islam, Corp Commander Gujranwala Saleem Nawaz, Corp Commander Peshawar Khalid Rabbani and Corp Commander Karachi Sajjad Ghani.
According to the sources, Corp Commander Quetta Lt Gen Naseer Janjua is being considered as a strong candidate for the post of DG ISI after the retirement of the incumbent ISI chief. His previous carrier has made him the most favourite for this post. While Corp Commander Lahore Naveed Zaman is another strong candidate for the slot of DG ISI.
According to intelligence sources, Maj Gen Arif Warriach, who has previously served as DDG Internal in ISI, was the most favourite choice of military leadership but he has still not got the promotion as lieutenant general. Now he is on the number 82 in the seniority list.
The military sources said that the slot of Corp Commander Peshawar is much significant due to operation Zarb-e-Azb and Pak-Afghan border situation. Name of Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem, Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Ramdey, Maj Gen Razwan Akhtar, Maj Gen Hilal Hussain and Maj Gen Nadir Zaib are seriously under consideration for the position of corps commander Peshawar. The only criterion for this slot is an officer who had served previously on the western border.
According to the seniority list, other nine senior lieutenant generals will retire in 2015 during the tenure of Gen Raheel Sharif who will retire on November 2016.
The posting of DG ISI is the first significant appointment, which will take place within the army during the period of General Raheel Sharif as COAS. Although the prime minister will appoint the DG ISI yet it would be made with the consultation of Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif.
It would be the COAS who will give the list of three lieutenant generals to PM to appoint anyone for the said slot. It would also reflect the mind of General Raheel Sharif towards his future ambitions.
The tradition of the army is that every new COAS used to get appoint his new DG ISI and according to official sources the Nawaz government had requested General Raheel Sahrif that the incumbent DG ISI should be allowed to complete his tenure as DG ISI. Former COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had appointed General Zaheerul Islam on the recommendation of Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha.
After the retirement of five lieutenant generals, new DG ISI and four corps commanders will be brought in the top hierarchy of army that will more strengthen the COAS for the promotions of senior officers.

General Janjua may be next ISI DG

Yeh Uncle tu bare hi Khaternaak lag rahe hain :fie:
 
There has been a lot of tension amongst IB and ISI recently as ISI tried to control the IB....If you put IB and FIA under the control of ISI, the first thing ISI would do would be to kick out the civilians in middle and top management and install servicement in place.
BS mate - you do know that there are about of civilians working in ISI, at the lower and middle rank....one example that made public is of "Major Muhammed Zeeshan Suddle shaheed", he started off as assistant director -civilian ....and only in the time span of just 6 years he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Director --- he was leading Counter Terrorism team in interior sindh----he was given the rank of major only after his shahadat----i think that is enough for you

@Zarvan

Govt cant even IB and FIA effectively enough. It would be much better to pack up all intel agencies and make them subordinant to the ISI. Its been done to some extent already.
Wrong, infact i believe that some of the roles should be taken fromISI and handed back to IB and FIA.....
Afterall they are the ones who are actually tasked to that----internal security should be lead by IB....

They way things have suddenly "heated up" in national politics, I see at least two points in action
1- Gen Zaheer wants to secure a safe exit for Musharraf before he steps down.
2- Gen Zaheer wants an extension as DG-ISI
I think Government will take the pressure in these days before September as a hard pill and let Gen Zaheer retire. Because once extended, there will be three more years of blackmail and turmoil to follow.
Assumptions, assumptions and more assumptions----here is a hint --- you are possibly in right direction but probably looking at wrong agency--- turmoil is a different ball game altogether :whisper:
 
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There has been a lot of tension amongst IB and ISI recently as ISI tried to control the IB....If you put IB and FIA under the control of ISI, the first thing ISI would do would be to kick out the civilians in middle and top management and install servicement in place.

Deputy director ISI- Lahore is a civilian and he headed the Model town investigation from ISI side
 
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Deputy director ISI- Lahore is a civilian and he headed the Model town investigation from ISI side
Deputy director is grade 18......Civilians are only allowed to progress uptil one point in ISI. One of my colleagues joined ISI as statistical analyst but later left the job because he didn't see a chance to reach high up in the organization.

BS mate - you do know that there are about of civilians working in ISI, at the lower and middle rank....one example that made public is of "Major Muhammed Zeeshan Suddle shaheed", he started off as assistant director -civilian ....and only in the time span of just 6 years he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Director --- he was leading Counter Terrorism team in interior sindh----he was given the rank of major only after his shahadat----i think that is enough for you
My supervisor's father has been holding a high post in IB, he often tells me alot about the conflict and how the civilian agencies are handicapped in surveillance capabilities vis-a-vis military ones. Some of the stuff I he told me would be interesting but I like to keep most of the things to myself.

Assumptions, assumptions and more assumptions----here is a hint --- you are possibly in right direction but probably looking at wrong agency--- turmoil is a different ball game altogether :whisper:
Inferences to be precise....there is a big difference between assumptions and inferences.....
 
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