Imran Khan wants ISI chief Faiz Hameed to continue amid differences with Pak Army – Times of India

New Delhi: Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan Informed the federal cabinet that he had appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa That he wanted a lieutenant general. Faiz Hameed To remain as the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for some time due to the dire situation in neighboring Afghanistan, Dawn reported.
The news of the lack of agreement between the civil and military leadership on this matter was coming on social media for the last few days, but after it surfaced in the regular media on Tuesday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had to clarify the government’s point. .
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief whip in the National Assembly, Amir Dogar, said Prime Minister Khan and General Bajwa held a detailed meeting on the matter late Monday night.
The meeting was also confirmed by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry during a press conference after the cabinet meeting, which said the issue of appointment of new ISI DG Lt Gen. Nadeem Ahmed Anjumi was resolved and the Prime Minister was empowered to appoint the head of the country’s premier detective agency in accordance with law and the Constitution.
Also sharing the details of the meeting, Pakistan PM’s aide on political matters Amir Dogar said that the Prime Minister wanted Lt Gen Hameed to continue as DG of ISI considering the situation in Afghanistan, adding that Prime Minister Khan There was a relation of respect between General Bajwa. and dignity, the report said.
Dogar said Khan was of the opinion that the government wanted to take all institutions with it. “The prime minister’s body language was very positive and he seemed confident,” he said.
The chief whip of PTI said the prime minister had told the cabinet that he was the elected prime minister and chief executive officer of the country.
“The Prime Minister has the authority to appoint DG ISI and he held a detailed meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in this regard,” Choudhary said at a press conference.
“The federal government will follow a legal and constitutional process on the appointment of the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence,” he said.
The report said that the minister categorically stated that no such step would be taken from the PM’s office or the military system which would harm each other’s reputation.
Referring to the rumors about the matter, the minister said: “I see on social media, there are many people who have their wishes. I want to tell them that the Prime Minister’s Office will never lower the honor of the Pakistan Army and the Army Chief. And the COAS and the Army will never take any such step that hurts the honor of the Prime Minister of Pakistan or the civil order.”
He stressed that both the Prime Minister and the military leadership were in close coordination, and that the DG ISI would be appointed after all legal requirements were met. “Both (PM Khan and General Bajwa) agree on this and the Prime Minister has authority over it,” he said.

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